If Rainey does indeed see the bulk of Tampa Bay's carries, he should be a solid start. Cleveland ranks as the 20th-best rush defense according to our schedule-adjusted metrics, and have surrendered five top-15 PPR running back performances this season. Rainey's an asset through the air, too - in his two games with 10 or more attempts, he also has 11 targets and 10 receptions.

Other Players to Start: Ronnie Hillman, Jeremy Hill
Other Players to Sit: Jonas Gray, Tre Mason

Wide Receiver

Start Rueben Randle - The Colts may be without Vontae Davis on Monday night, and we saw last Sunday what happens when the Colts are without Vontae Davis.

Even if Davis plays, Randle should be a good play. Since Week 1, Randle's averaged 9.2 targets per game, and he's top 10 in the NFL in red zone targets. He's scored double-digit PPR points in all but two games this year, and with Victor Cruz out, that should continue.

The biggest reason he hasn't jumped to being a locked-in weekly starter is because he hasn't converted his red zone looks into touchdowns, scoring just twice this year. Expect a little progress there, perhaps as soon as Week 9.

Sit Eric Decker - As I mentioned earlier, the Jets' quarterback isn't very good at throwing the ball. His top receiver is Eric Decker.

The Chiefs, as noted, have the fourth-best pass defense according to our metrics. That's translated to the number of fantasy points they've surrendered to wide receivers, ranking eighth. In fact, they've yet to allow multiple touchdowns to team wide receivers in a single game this season.

That's not good news for Decker, who hasn't exactly been a fantasy asset because of his yardage totals - he needs to score. He has just one game where he's ranked better than 24th at the wide receiver position this year, despite seeing 10 or more targets in three of his last four games. Sure, he's been hurt at times this season, but the situation in New York isn't a good one right now. I'd look elsewhere.

Start Anquan Boldin - The last time the 49ers played the Rams, Boldin made this column. Boldin then went out and caught 7 passes for 94 yards and a touchdown, the best game of his season.

The goal there isn't to pat myself on the back, but to show that Boldin against the Rams equals fantasy football gold. In his two games last season against them, Boldin caught 14 passes for 188 yards and a score. And I already told you his stat line from this year.

The St. Louis secondary ranks 29th according to our metrics, so the matchup is juicy regardless of how well Boldin's performed against them. But really, logic says that he's a good play in Week 9.

Sit Allen Robinson - I've been a big Robinson backer this year, pleading for fantasy owners to add him week after week. But in Week 9, I'm not completely behind him.

The one thing going for Robinson is volume. He's seen at least six targets in every game since the end of Week 1, averaging 8.57 per game during this time. And he's found the end zone in his last two games as well.

But the Bengals secondary is good. Really good. They rank number one in the league against the pass according to NEP, and have allowed just four double-digit PPR performances to the wide receiver position.

Robinson has a lot of underrated value moving forward, but perhaps not this week.

Start Martavis Bryant - Bryant now has three touchdowns in two career NFL games, and there's reason to believe he can find the end zone again in Week 9. Jimmy Smith will be out for the Ravens, meaning Dominique Franks could end up covering the group of Steeler number-two receivers. Franks wasn't even on an NFL team until October 7th. Expect the Steelers to pick on him.

Other Players to Start: Steve Smith, DeAndre Hopkins
Other Players to Sit: Cecil Shorts, Andre Holmes

Tight End

Start Jason Witten - Witten may be the most boring tight end to own in fantasy football and, to be honest, he shouldn't be owned in the high number of leagues that he is. But Week 9 is a beautiful matchup, as Arizona ranks 25th against tight ends this season in fantasy points allowed. In five of seven games this year, tight ends have caught seven or more passes against the Cardinals. And throughout 2014, Arizona's already allowed four top-10 tight end PPR performances. Witten's a solid play, especially if he continues to find the end zone.

Sit Heath Miller - Miller's caught 34 balls this year, but half of them have come in two contests - he's mostly been a boom or bust play. Those games were against Tampa Bay and Indianapolis, teams that rank 29th and 27th against fantasy football tight ends, respectively. This week, Heath gets a Ravens team that's allowed just one tight end touchdown this year, ranking third in fantasy points allowed to the position. Only one tight end has scored 10 or more PPR fantasy points on them, and I don't expect Miller to do the same.

Start Clay Harbor - His name sounds like a vacation destination (I've probably made that awful joke on here before), but Harbor actually makes for a good deep play this week. He's seeing volume - enough of it - compiling four targets per game since he became relevant in Week 4. And three of his five games since then has resulted in at least 9.4 PPR fantasy points.

The great thing about Harbor this week is his matchup. Cincinnati continues to be generous against tight ends, and every team who even remotely uses one in their offense has thrown the ball their way seven or eight times against the Bengals. Don't be surprised if Harbor surprises this week and finishes at a top-12 tight end.

Other Players to Start: Dwayne Allen, Larry Donnell
Other Players to Sit: Zach Ertz, Jared Cook

Defense

Start the Cleveland Browns - The Browns defense isn't great, ranking 22nd per NEP, but the Buccaneers offense is even worse, ranking 31st. Cleveland's at home, which is always a plus for defensive streaming, and the Buccaneers have already allowed defenses to rank sixth, first and third against them this season. The Browns have a high floor, too, as no defense has ranked lower than 18th against the Bucs in a single week - roughly three or four fantasy points.

Sit the Dallas Cowboys - The Cowboys are now down linebacker Justin Durant, and have seen their Adjusted Defensive NEP rank drop four spots over the last two weeks (against Eli Manning and Colt McCoy). The Cardinals, despite their quarterback carousel, haven't given opposing defenses a good matchup this year - the highest a team defense ranked against them in fantasy football is 15th, which came in Week 1.

Other Defenses to Start: Kansas City Chiefs, Cincinnati Bengals
Other Defenses to Sit: New England Patriots, Denver Broncos