The Week 9 matchup between the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots features two Hall of Fame quarterbacks playing at a very high level. We've got the fantasy projections for you courtesy of numberFire.
Fantasy football Week 9 projections: Broncos-Patriots featuring Peyton Manning, Rob Gronkowski and Tom Brady
We break down the Week 9 matchup between the Oakland Raiders and the Seattle Seahawks.
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Denver Broncos
The Broncos quarterback needs no introduction. Halfway through the season, Peyton Manning has picked up exactly where he left off last year. While his team did was again earlier in the season to the Seattle Seahawks, these days the Broncos looked unstoppable and Manning is giving fantasy owners fair value for his draft position. His fantasy production is a sure fire as it comes and the big game against the Patriots, there's no reason for him not to throw over 300 yards and at least three touchdown passes on Sunday.
One of those touchdown passes as likely to fall in the hands of tight end Julius Thomas. Thomas was absolutely on fire to start the season, recording nine touchdowns in his first five games. He has now been held out of the end zone for each of the last two weeks, but in a game that could be a shootout, Thomas should be a busy man as he tries to match the Pats' Rob Gronkowski in Week 9
New England Patriots
Speaking of Gronkowski, the Patriots' top pass catcher had one of the best games of his career last week against the Chicago Bears. It was an absolutely monstrous performance that saw him catch all nine of the targets that quarterback Tom Brady threw in his direction. He ended up with 149 passing yards and three touchdowns on the day. Gronkowski has seen 38 targets over the last three weeks and he will be a busy boy against the Broncos.
His increase in production over the past month can largely be attributed to Mr. Brady, who has looked like a completely different person since being defeated by the Kansas City Chiefs back in Week 4. These days nobody is complaining about the Patriots' offensive line to say the least and Brady is looking absolutely unstoppable. The Broncos secondary unit is pretty good, but he's too hot not to play well in such a big game. Fantasy owners need to start virtually every key fantasy player in this game on both offenses.
