Wide receiver-cornerback showdowns might be the most important individual matchups in football.
In this piece, I leverage snap data from Pro Football Focus to project NFL Week 9 WR/CB matchups.
For more, see the FantasyLabs Matchups page, where we provide basic and advanced data — including fantasy and red-zone performance — for each offensive skill-position player based on his matchup.
Also consult our Week 9 injury report for status updates on receivers and corners. I will update this piece over the weekend.
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Let’s start with this week’s featured matchup and then run through all the wide receiver situations and sort through my matrix featuring every matchup.
WR/CB Matchup of the Week
DeAndre Hopkins vs. A.J. Bouye
Hopkins is back!
He enters Week 9 with back-to-back 100-yard games after a rough stretch in Weeks 2-6, when he had just 291 scoreless yards on 43 targets.
But he faces a tough matchup against shutdown cornerback and former teammate A.J. Bouye, who has held opposing receivers to a 55.7% catch rate for his career.
Without cornerback Jalen Ramsey (traded), the Jaguars have shown a willingness to use Bouye in shadow coverage, and I expect they will have him tail Nuk in this #RevengeGame.
If you have Hopkins in your season-long leagues, you have to start him, but against Bouye, I’m giving him a medium downgrade. I’d be somewhat surprised if he had yet another 100-yard game this week.
NFL Week 9 WR/CB Matchups
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