Week 9 Fantasy Football D/ST & Kicker Rankings: Top Streamers & Stashes
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Nov 3, 2026
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Jonathan TaylorMalik WillisTanner McKee
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Jonathan Taylor
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Trade speculation and potential benching risk ahead of Indianapolis deadline; nonzero% chance Taylor is traded before the Colts play or held out to avoid injury, which could impact his fantasy availability and the Colts offense's ability to support fantasy assets.
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The source recommends adding Malik Willis on waivers as a quarterback streaming option for Week 9 against Miami, citing his value as a runner. New England sacked Willis 4-5 times last week, but the source still likes him as a streaming add if you're in a jam at QB. The Dolphins have an implied total of 21, suggesting a low-scoring game that could limit passing volume, but Willis's rushing upside differentiates him in tight quarterback situations.
Insight pageTanner McKee
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Tanner McKee is currently failing to get anything done as the Eagles QB. Washington just destroyed Philadelphia this past week, and McKee faces the Giants in Week 9 who are coming off a bye and have had extra time to prepare. The Eagles have an implied team total of 18.5, one of the lowest on the board, making them a prime streaming target against.
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0:00Week nine, fantasy football defensive streamers and kicker recommendations.
0:05I'm Theo Griminger right here at Rotoire. Whatever it takes to win in fantasy football, we've got you covered.
0:12And one of the edges for fantasy managers that a lot of your league mates are going to completely ignore are streaming defenses and kicker
0:21recommendations. And we've been doing pretty well here. Last week was a really good one for us. Uh when we look back at
0:27some of the recommendations, the Jacksonville Jaguars absolutely smashed. They were an easy one. The Rams had a very, very good performance. They
0:37were an easy one against this Chargers train wreck. Washington Commanders took a little bit of a leap of faith um because they're not that great a
0:45defense, but they performed in a great way. The Lions defense, we talked about them, and they delivered. And then depending on your scoring format,
0:55Bengals could have been a disaster start or an okay one. If again, check your settings because in some leagues they're going to give
1:04you a massive hit on allowing like 30 plus points. Some leagues it's a small hit, but Bengals still did a couple of
1:11things defensively to get by in certain formats, but we'll take the L on that one. But really a 4 in one record on on
1:18defensive streaming recommendations. And that's not even counting our set it and forget it defenses that we kind of remind you of throughout the year. Uh
1:27and then last week the kickers the kicker recommendations were very good.
1:31Chase McLaclin was kicker number five.
1:34He's trending back up again with the Tampa Bay becoming functional. Kyro Santos was kicker seven. Both of them had very good weeks with double digit
1:42scoring. Cam Little we told you to pick up everywhere after the buy. sort of our recommendation was pick up Jacksonville defense, pick up Cam Little throughout
1:51the after the by-week um if they're cut.
1:54Cam Little, the problem was Jacksonville was just too good offensively. Uh didn't get any opportunities to kick field goals, but we know Cam Little will have
2:02those. We'll talk about the kickers in a little bit. Let's start off with the defenses and we're going to look to run
2:07pure once again this week. Looking at some of the team totals, it's pretty easy to spot some defensive plays that can help us win this week. And when we
2:18talk about set it and forget it defenses, there's still a couple of them. Seattle struggled against Chicago, but they have a much better opportunity
2:25against Gardenner Mchu this week.
2:29They're they're basically a set it and forget it D. We'll we'll take the losses with Seattle when they happen. Obviously Chicago with Ben Johnson, Caleb
2:37Williams, completely different beast and they really put a number on Seattle last night, but we're back with the Seattle Seahawks. Don't overthink that one. Now,
2:46a defense that we told you last week to stash was the Houston Texans, and they're not where they were in 2025 at
2:54all, but they are a an elite option this week because they're going up against the LA Chargers. In certain leagues, Houston might be available. They're
3:03worth checking on because of course coming out of the by-week and they've had some lackluster performances this year, but when we look at like the
3:12overall sack leaders for the NFL, uh Houston still has 21 sacks as a team, which is tied for eighth overall. Uh
3:20they are in a great spot this week. The the Chargers are just horrific. And the Chargers have an 18point implied total.
3:30just truly bad things going on with the LA Chargers. We can basically stream against them each and every week. Maybe Mike McDaniel gets fired and they sort
3:38of figure some things out, but the offensive line's a huge issue. They're turning the ball over. They're giving up sacks. It's a defensive streaming dream
3:46right now. Uh, a quick note that Jacksonville, who's if if your if your league is asleep at the wheel and you
3:54didn't pick and they didn't pick up Jacksonville last week, then they're in a ridiculous smash spot. This week it looks like it's going to be like Faniano
4:03starting for Baltimore, Huntley, Lamar Jackson, like they're all the quarterbacks are gone. Baltimore was a train wreck this week. and the implied
4:12team total for the Baltimore Ravens.
4:15Any any football historians who watch my show, uh really appreciate all the support we get on YouTube and on the podcast, but if there's any Baltimore
4:24Ravens fans out there or any historians or any gamblers who gamble literally all the time, uh shout out to all three
4:32bases. If you're a Baltimore Ravens fan, man, this is a tough run out. It's It's demoralizing, but 16 1/2 point team total for the
4:42Baltimore Ravens and their 9 12 point underdogs against Jacksonville.
4:48I I'm going to guess that 16 1/2 point team total for Baltimore. This has got to be one of the lowest in the last 10
4:56plus years for the Ravens. So, let me know in the comments if you're a Ravens fan. Is this the lowest team total
5:01implied team total that you've seen as a Ravens fan? quick turnaround Thursday night game against Jacksonville. I mean, this is a terrible one. So, you're
5:08absolutely streaming the Jacksonville Jaguars defense. Um, really those are our set it and forget it defenses this week. Jacksonville, Seattle, and then
5:19Houston is in in a very good spot.
5:22Jacksonville, I think we can officially move into set it and forget it category.
5:27They've been so good this year. We basically have the Minnesota Vikings, the Seattle Seahawks, the Jacksonville Jaguars, and let's put the Pittsburgh
5:36Steelers in there. Pittsburgh completely shut out Cleveland last week. They're easy to trust. They have their by-week.
5:45The only problem is week 10, the Steelers go up against the Cincinnati Bengals, and the Bengals are on this like absolute heater as an offense, but
5:54Pittsburgh has 26 sacks this year as a team. just awesome stuff when you look at uh how effective this Steelers uh
6:02defense has been. And when we look at uh interceptions, they're at seven. So they have seven interceptions. They have eight sacks. I think that's the ultimate
6:12stash. The ultimate stash for anybody out there is hope that someone in your league cuts Pittsburgh when they are on their by-week this week and says, "I
6:22can't support, you know, keeping this defense through the by-week." pick up Pittsburgh and you might be able to put them in the set it and forget it
6:29category. We love these set it and forget it defenses, but even like you saw this past week, you go up against an
6:35offense like Chicago, Seattle, you might want to pivot off of them. So, I'm never going to tell you to bench a set it and
6:41forget it defense. First of all, if you're a high volume manager out there, you're sort of that's le one league where you don't need to churn the waiver
6:48wire for defenses. It's kind of nice to have, but you do run up against issues where you have like a hot offense like
6:54Chicago. uh that can put up a number even against a team like Seattle. So Minnesota, Seattle, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh Steelers, we're going to
7:03consider them to be in that basically leave them alone category unless it's a really tough matchup. Looking at a couple of options for us this week,
7:11there's a number of them and this is not rocket science. If you want to sort of do your own research, I encourage you to
7:18go check out the implied team totals and then look at previous performance. make sure the defense is pretty healthy and go from there. Kansas City Chiefs, I've
7:28talked about them on a number of weeks.
7:30Certain weeks they get me in trouble.
7:32Certain weeks they look good. Um, but I've sort of leaned into Kansas City multiple weeks throughout this show, throughout this year, and the hit rates
7:39have been mixed when I go with KC. But I like what I'm looking at with the Chiefs this week. They're in
7:45must-win. Uh, you come off of two straight losses. Seattle took him behind the woodshed and then they give up a lead. Lose to Denver last week. Denver
7:54comes back. Shout out Jonah Coleman. Uh strong fourth quarter. But that's two losses in a row for Kansas City. This is
8:02a must-win game for them. They're huge favorites. They're 9 and a half point favorites. They're playing at home against the New York Jets. The Jets
8:11offense can put up points, but they also will give up uh sacks and they also can throw interceptions. Uh Gino is taken a
8:21ton of sacks this year and he has given a ball up like three games in a row. So this is a game where Kansas City can
8:27force turnovers and they can get to Gino Smith and it's a must-win game and the Jets have an implied team total of 18
8:36and a half. Now Jets have good personnel. There's some skill position players that maybe they break off a couple of big plays. We know that the
8:43wide receiver trio of Garrett Wilson, Adnai Mitchell, Garrett Wilh, and Omar Cooper, excuse me, is solid. You know, Brilan Allen's running well, but you
8:52have to roll with the oddsmakers here. N 12 point favorite in with a team with an 18 1/2 point uh team total implied. So,
9:01the Jets are looking like sacrificial lambs on the road in KC in a must-win game for the Chiefs. They are an easy
9:09easy streamer this week. Now, another team that we can go with is the Detroit Lions. I've talked about them last week.
9:16We rolled with them against Minnesota, but the Lions are up to 24 sacks on the season. Uh that's third in the NFL, and
9:25this week they go up against the Miami Dolphins. Uh the Miami Dolphins give up sacks and this is a and last week New
9:34England really really got to Malik Willis. Uh this was I believe it was four or five sacks last week. I'd have
9:40to look that one up. But New England got to Malik Willis last week and the Dolphins have an implied total of like
9:4721. And I've talked about Malik Willis in my waiverwire show. I really like adding him. I think you can use him this
9:53week if you're in a jam at the quarterback position because of what he brings to the table as a runner. But in
9:59terms of defensive streaming, the Lions are in a really good spot. And we have to expect that the Lions, even on the
10:05road, are going to have a huge lead. So maybe they force Malik Willis into throwing into some tight windows, trying to play catchup. Maybe there's an
10:13interception for them as well. Chicago Bears, I love the Chicago Bears. The Chicago Bears are fully back. Um, and when when you make a big trade like they
10:24did for Jeffrey Simmons, an absolute star defensive tackle, it's it was it was like a a ton. They give up two first
10:32round picks to get him, but we already see the impact he can make. 3417 win over Seattle in Seattle. I mean,
10:42absolutely blew him out. And this week they go up against a Tampa Bay Bucks team which has been playing this like
10:49antiquated style where they're just running the ball. And I get it. I get it. I watched the games, too. I know it
10:54was raining, but this is backto-back weeks where they really didn't force Baker Mayfield to throw the ball at all.
11:01That's not going to happen against Chicago. You're not going to be able to just take the air out of the football
11:06and run each and every play. Um, see, Chicago had some strong streaming value early in the year. We we used them early
11:15in the year when they were on like a heater early in the year. We're back to using them. And the the addition of
11:21Jeffrey Simmons completely opened things up for like Montes Sweat. So Montes Sweat comes back from a suspension and he got a sack and he had two quarterback
11:31uh hurries got got hit the quarterback a couple times got to Sam Darnold and then you also had Simmons who had a sack and
11:38these guys played together at Mississippi State and it's like this really highlevel pairing. We love I I love Chicago this week against Tampa Bay
11:48because we know Tampa Bay has given up a ton of sacks this year. The Tampa Bay run uh offense is legit. I mean, we're
11:56not taking anything away from what they've been able to accomplish, but this game looks like one where Chicago can get another huge, huge week from
12:05their offense. They can put pressure on Tampa Bay to have to throw the football.
12:09And Tampa Bay are 6 and 12 point underdogs and they have an implied team total of 20 on the nose. So, they have
12:17the sixth uh the sixth lowest implied team total of any team on the board here. I I really like Chicago and I
12:25think Chicago if they have a a a resounding performance this week against Tampa Bay, then they might join our set it and forget it category. Because when
12:36you talk about down the stretch, Chicago with the way they're playing offense, they are going to force teams into playing a higher tempo, force teams into
12:45taking shots downfield. And the Chicago offense is so effective that it's going to force teams into potential turnovers, and now we have this potentially elite
12:55pass rush with Simmons up front making this whole defense better. when you add an elite player like Simmons, it can make the whole defense better because
13:05Simmons commands a double team on like literally every single play. So, I mean, a lot of lot to give up, but the Chicago
13:13Bears legitimately have a chance to win the NFC this year. We'll see which way this thing goes, but Bears defense really like them this week. Another
13:21defense that I like this week, and again, doesn't have to be it doesn't have to be a complicated game. We want
13:30to stream against bad offenses and bad quarterbacks. And Tanner McKe is right now failing to get anything done. We saw
13:41Washington just destroy the Eagles this past week. And now they're facing the New York Giants who are coming off of a
13:49by-week. So, they've had a extra time to prepare for the Eagles. And I think this is a one where just start the Giants and
13:59sit back and Philly is just going to struggle to score. And we know this Giants offense is also going to put some
14:05pressure on them. Uh the Giants are playing much better. Um I am very into the Giants and I think they're going to
14:11be more readily available than some of the other defenses that I talked about earlier. And when we look at implied team totals, it doesn't get much better
14:20than the Philadelphia Eagles at an 18 12 point implied team total. Uh Giants are favorites in this one. Um if you're
14:28looking at like the overall list of implied team totals, Baltimore we talked about 16 1.5, Arizona at 17, Chargers at 18, Eagles at 18 1.5, Jets at 18 and a
14:38half, Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 20. That's sort of the the teams that you want to go up against if you want to just go
14:44with the odds makers. Talking about some of the kicker, you know what? Let's give one more team and this is like the
14:51disgusting one. The disgusting one. And you know where are we at on this one?
14:58The the one team if you're trying to really roll the dice and you're in a deep format and you can't get anyone.
15:03I'm talking about Dallas. I know. I know. We can't back Dallas, but the Colts are a train wreck right now.
15:11Dallas is nearly six-point favorites.
15:14The implied team total for Indianapolis is 23. But it feels like it could be a force a bunch of turnovers type game. So
15:22Dallas is sort of the if I'm really trying to uh trying to like chase a bad offense, an offense heading south.
15:30There's also like a nonzero% chance that a Jonathan Taylor trade goes down before Indianapolis plays or they just don't play him because they're going to plan
15:39on trading him before the deadline. They don't want him to get hurt. So, I prefer the other ones, but break glass in case
15:45of emergency with the Dallas Cowboys.
15:49And then a quick reminder, of course, I said it earlier, but I think it becomes a very important move for you. If
15:56someone in your league cuts Pittsburgh, prioritize adding the Pittsburgh Steelers. Even with that Bengals game coming off of the by-week. I think they
16:05become a very interesting one. There's not a whole lot of like, you know, layup type defensive streamers to stash for
16:13week 10. Our usual suspects have good good matchups. I'll say that the one team the one team that's looks like an
16:22improving defense, they've been very generous this year in terms of fantasy points allowed, but we saw the Baltimore uh excuse me, Buffalo, the pass rush is
16:32getting a little bit better. They go up against the Jets next week. I don't like using Buffalo, but I think they're
16:37interesting if you're looking for a stash. There's not a whole lot of like interesting stashes. The stash that would be I mean chaotic to add would be
16:48the LA Chargers. If we have further questions about Baltimore at the quarterback position and they really can't get things together, the Chargers
16:57play on Monday Night Football in week 10 at Baltimore. That game could be a very low total with both teams with a uh very
17:06very low implied point total. Uh, so really there's not a whole lot of defensive streaming uh, teams to stash in week 10. I guess if you want to stash
17:16one, the interesting one would be Green Bay because we saw what Detroit was able to do last week against Minnesota.
17:24Minnesota has to go into Green Bay um, in week 10. A little bit of a revenge narrative. Minnesota beat them in week
17:31one. Minnesota scored a ton of points against Green Bay in the fourth quarter in that one. Green Bay potentially could get a revenge factor, but not a whole
17:39lot of stashes that I love in week 10.
17:42Uh, in terms of teams that we, hey, you have to have to roster this team, hold them through the buy. So, look for
17:48Pittsburgh. I can't say this enough.
17:51Pittsburgh defense can be a set it and forget it defense for you in about 80 90% of the games left uh throughout the
17:59season. and they're they could be a team that can help make a factor for you in the fantasy playoffs and help you win
18:04the Pittsburgh Steelers defense is really really good right now. Talking about our kickers and if you picked up Kyro Santos last week, he's back. You
18:15can use him again this week. Uh I think this is a really good one. We want to also give a pour one out and give a big
18:23shout out to Spencer Shrader who I know a lot of you added early in the year. Uh we recommended him in like week one. We
18:30got to we got to let it go. We got to let Spencer Schrader go. Um the Colts offense is not going to support him
18:36enough. Maybe we get a little bit of um clarity on how Indianapolis looks over the stretch. Maybe we get another window
18:43to use Shrader, but I don't think so. I do think that the the it's it kind of a it stinks cutting the the kicker who's
18:51number two in points per game average, but Chase McGlaclin, who we recommended pick up last week, is up to kicker number one in points per game average.
19:00He's fully back. You can use him again this week. I think Tampa Bay is not going to get shut out against Chicago.
19:06They might get forced into more kicking opportunities. So, Mlaughlin and Santos, if you picked them up last week, feel free to use them. Now, my favorite
19:15kicker pickup um if he's available in your league besides those two guys is Matt Gay. Um Matt Gay has been playing
19:24very very well. Uh he had a 50 plus yard field goal last week against the Jets.
19:29Makes all of his extra points. Um, and I think he's in a good spot this week at San Francisco where the the Raiders are
19:37playing well offensively, but can San Francisco slow them up enough to turn some of these uh touchdowns into field goals? We know it's going to be a
19:46high-scoring game. San Francisco has a very high implied team total. The Raiders have an implied team total of only 21 though. Um, so I think Matt Gay
19:56becomes an interesting one. So, continue using Mclaclin, continue using Kyro Santos, or use Matt Gay this week. Um, the other kicker that you could pick up,
20:07and he might have been kept, he might have been cut, but it's one that is sort of a premium name at the kicker
20:13position, and that's Kaim Fairbar, who's continued to be very, very good this year. Uh, he's averaging double-digit fantasy points. He's only missed one
20:24field goal all year and it was a 50 plus yarder. So he's three for three on field goals within 40 yards, six for six in
20:32the 30 yard range and then he's six out of seven in 50 plus. Fair if he was cut would be a set it and forget it kicker
20:42type option for us. Um, he's a premium name though, so some people would have held him through the by-week, but take a
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