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ArticleNFL 2026 Week 9 Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em: Stack Malik Willis and Caleb Douglas
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Willis gets a Lions defense that has given up the fifth-most catches for the sixth-most yards on throws 10+ yards downfield. That's where 35 percent of Willis's throws have gone this year. The Lions are giving up 24.7 points per game to quarterbacks. That is the highest number of the past 25 years.
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Willis has elite matchup vs. Lions' historically bad deep-ball defense.

Willis faces the Lions, who have given up the fifth-most catches for the sixth-most yards on throws 10+ yards downfield—where 35 percent of Willis's throws have gone this year. The Lions are giving up 24.7 points per game to quarterbacks, the highest number of the past 25 years. Week 9 is Willis's best chance at a QB1 finish.

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