8 Fantasy Football Sleepers for Week 9
Adam Humphries, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Buccaneers are running out of offensive players at a pretty impressive rate. We already covered their woes at running back, but they are now also down two wide receivers -- Vincent Jackson landed on the injured reserve earlier in the season and Russell Shepard (who saw an increased role with Jackson out) will also be sidelined this week.
Adam Humphries played the second-most snaps among Bucs wideouts (behind Mike Evans, naturally) in each of the last two games, and while his usage has not been consistently high this season, Tampa has shown a willingness to get him involved. Humphries has games of 8 and 12 targets on the year.
He's in a good spot this week as Thursday's game against the Falcons has a big 51-point over/under. The Falcons have given up top-five fantasy production to opposing wide receivers and rank 24th in Adjusted Defensive Passing NEP per play.