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Fantasy Football Week 9 Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em: Patrick Crayton Could Come Up Big

Week 9 of fantasy football is almost ready to be played, and we have your Friday Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em Top 10 consensus rankings.

Friday afternoon means only one thing and that’s fantasy football Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em consensus picks. We won’t waste your time on the obvious guys, but our friends at PlayThisGuy.com took a look around the web to see who the top not-so-obvious Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em guys are for Week 9. We present the Top 10 consensus picks in each category below.

We still don't know if Antonio Gates will go this Sunday for the Chargers, but against a terrible Houston secondary, someone will have to catch passes from Philip Rivers. Perhaps that guy will be Patrick Crayton. In the last three weeks Crayton has been seeing a lot more passes from Rivers, and this would be a good week for him to have a huge game, including a touchdown.

We've been talking a lot about tight Jacob Tamme for the Colts, advising fantasy players to pick him up if they need tight end help. The experts agree and have Tamme ranked fourth in the not-so-obvious start category this week.

Nobody likes their fantasy players to go against the Pittsburgh defense, so the pundits have put Carson Palmer and Cedric Benson on the "do not start" list. After last week's blanking by the Packers, Mark Sanchez and Santonio Holmes of the Jets have found themselves placed firmly on the virtual bench.

Week 9 Start

1. Patrick Crayton (SD @ HOU)
2. Matt Forte (CHI @ BUF)
3. Eli Manning (NYG @ SEA)
4. Jacob Tamme (IND @ PHI)
5. Benjamin Watson (CLE vs. NE)
6. Josh Freeman (TB @ ATL)
7. Mike Williams (TB @ ATL)
8. Jay Cutler (CHI @ BUF)
9. Jamaal Charles (KC @ OAK)
10. LaDainian Tomlinson (NYJ @ DET)
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Week 9 Sit

1. Jahvid Best (DET vs. NYJ)
2. Cedric Benson (CIN vs. PIT)
3. Carson Palmer (CIN vs. PIT)
4. Steve Smith (CAR vs. NO)
5. Ronnie Brown (MIA @ BAL)
6. Mike Williams (SEA vs. NYG)
7. Matthew Stafford (DET vs. NYJ)
8. Mark Sanchez (NYJ @ DET)
9. Marshawn Lynch (SEA vs. NYG)
10. Santonio Holmes (NYJ @ DET)
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