Week 9 gave us five touchdown passes from C.J. Stroud, an 8.9 passer rating from Carson Wentz, and a trade deadline that sent Kirk Cousins back to Minnesota, Josh Downs to Kansas City, and Keenan Allen to San Francisco. Vikings and Chiefs fans rejoice! Justin Jefferson has a QB again, and Mahomes and Andy Reid have a new toy. Meanwhile, the Chargers finally scored a touchdown and are still 0-8.

*All points are PPR, with tight ends in TE-premium (1.5).

Arizona Cardinals: Arizona scored 33 points in Week 8 and three against Seattle, and the scoreboard was the least of its problems. Michael Wilson fractured his neck on the fourth play, kept playing anyway, and is now out for the season. Gardner Minshew likely tore the UCL in his throwing elbow, so rookie Carson Beck gets his first start.

Takeaway: Wilson leaves behind 89 targets, and Trey McBride already led the team with eight of Minshew’s 30 attempts on Sunday. A rookie making his first start usually leans on the easiest read, and McBride is the most established target left in this offense. Tyler Allgeier also played 96% of the snaps, so the backfield is his while Jeremiyah Love and Bam Knight are out.

Atlanta Falcons: The Falcons flew more than 4,000 miles to Madrid to get flagged 12 times for 88 yards, three of them in the red zone, which feels like something they could have done at home. Bijan Robinson was the bright spot, with 100 rushing yards and a touchdown on 19 carries plus six catches for 47 yards. Michael Penix finished with just 162 passing yards, and his 50 rushing yards were a career high.

Takeaway: Bijan led the team with seven targets, two more than Drake London, while Penix went 2-of-5 on throws of 10 or more air yards. When the downfield passing isn’t there, the ball goes to the running back, and that receiving role makes Bijan the steadiest piece of this offense.

Baltimore Ravens: Joe Fagnano, an undrafted QB playing on a heavily wrapped ankle, started Thursday and went 10-of-18 for 60 yards and two interceptions. Baltimore’s longest completion went 14 yards, and the loss to Jacksonville was its fourth straight. On a brighter note, Derrick Henry moved into seventh on the NFL’s all-time rushing list.

Takeaway: Zay Flowers caught three of six targets for six yards, and he has three catches on 11 targets over the last two weeks. The Ravens threw one pass of 10 or more air yards all game, so those numbers say more about the quarterback play than about Flowers. Jacoby Brissett, acquired from Arizona, is expected to start this week.

Buffalo Bills: James Cook touched the ball 32 times on Monday night, finishing with 107 rushing yards and a touchdown, and nine of those carries came on a single fourth-quarter drive that ate 8:32 off the clock. That’s not a drive, that’s a commute! Cook now has a rushing touchdown and 75+ rushing yards in seven straight games, the longest streak in Bills history and the longest by any player since LaDainian Tomlinson’s eight straight in 2006. He and Josh Allen also each passed 5,000 career rushing yards on the same drive, making them the first teammates in NFL history to do it in the same game.

Takeaway: Cook had 32 of Buffalo’s touches, and no pass-catcher saw more than six targets. When one guy gets that much work, everyone else splits what’s left, so I wouldn’t read much into any one receiver’s line this week. Buffalo has allowed 16 points in two games since the bye, and as long as the defense keeps playing like that, the Bills can lean on Cook and run the clock.

Carolina Panthers: Bryce Young has thrown a touchdown pass in 10 straight games, and he has 275+ passing yards in six of eight games, the most in the NFL. Against Denver, he spread three touchdowns to three different players, and Darren Waller led the way with eight catches for 90 yards and a score on 10 targets. That’s the most catches by a Panthers tight end since Greg Olsen in 2019. Not bad for a guy who was retired not long ago.

Takeaway: Waller had three more targets than anyone else on the team, so this wasn’t a one-catch touchdown fluke. Chuba Hubbard went from 30 touches to 21, but he has 60+ scrimmage yards in all eight games, a team record for a running back. Even on a down week, his floor hasn’t moved.