David Stowe 
Sunday night showdown time ladies and gentlemen! I hope that as you are all reading this you are looking at green screens across the board. Be sure to hop in discord to get all of the updated information leading up to the kick and take a look at our custom projections model to see where we are going to look for our flex plays. So without further ado, here is your WDS Stoweby’s Showdown Week 9 Titans at Rams 11.7.
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Vegas Script: Total: 53, Rams -7.5
I don’t know what to make of this contest without Henry. Will the Titan’s abandon the run and throw the ball 50+ times? Will Peterson be some kind of reasonable analogue of the King for a few weeks? Will the Titan’s be completely out of rhythm and end up losing by multiple scores? This is an odd one to handicap so if you play showdown tonight you really need to build numerous lineups that will tell each story to give yourself the best shot at success.
Captains:
Chalk: Matt Stafford $19,200:
Against that Charmin toilet paper soft defense of the Titans, Matt Stafford should absolutely smash and it makes a ton of sense that he will be the highest owned captain on the slate. Nothing much need to be discussed here. Stafford is playing at an MVP caliber and the Titans are bad on the defensive side.
Pivot: Ryan Tannehill, $14,700:
With King Henry expected to miss the rest of the season, the hopes and dreams and the franchise rests on the right arm of Tannehill. We do not have a huge sample to go off but if there was a day that Tanny would end up throwing the ball 50 times this is the one. With No Henry, or Evans, the Titans are stuck with Jeremy McNichols and Adrian Peterson as their primary backs.
Contrarian #1: Cooper Kupp, $18,600:
Cooper Kupp is all of our daddies at this point. I though he was going to be good with Stafford at the helm, I did not however to expect him to play like a god amongst me, racking up more fantasy points than any other wide receiver in the history of the NFL through 8 weeks. He is a lock button for me tonight. If he isn’t a captain he will be in my flex, 100%, no doubt. Do not fade him.
Contrarian #2: AJ Brown, $15,300:
It is safe to say that without Henry, AJ Brown will find himself near the top of the NFL in targets going into the second half of the year. The Titans have no other choice but to change to a pass first offense and they do not have a ton of depth. Brown, Julio, rinse and repeat. If the Titans go down big tonight Brown is looking at 12 targets as his floor and he can turn any one of them into a big play.
Contrarian #3: Darrell Henderson, $13,800:
With the Rams as 7.5 point favorites Henderson should have every opportunity to go ham against Tennessee’s soft defense. I’ve been trying to gauge this contest without Henry and if you were to tell me that LA trounces the Titans by 21+ points and Henderson ended up with 15 carries in the second half for 98 yards and 2 TD’s I would not be surprised in the least.
WDS Stoweby’s WDS Stoweby’s Showdown Week 9 Titans at Rams 11.7 Flex plays:
- Matthew Stafford
- .Ryan Tannehill
- Cooper Kupp
- AJ Brown
- Darrell Henderson
- Julio Jones
- Robert Woods
- Jeremy McNichols
- Van Jefferson
- Geoff Swaim
- Adrian Peterson
- Anthony Firkser
- Tyler Higbee
- .Matt Gay
- Rodney Bullock
- Sony Michel
- Chester Rodgers
- Nick Westbrook-Ikhine
- Marcus Johnson
Kickers and defenses:
If you were dead set on using a defense in this contest I could co-sign on the Rams. While on paper, the Titans do have several weapons still available to them there is a non zero percentage chance that they will struggle to change their play style and the Rams newly upgraded defensive front could be in the Titan’s backfield all day leading to sack and turnovers. As far as kickers go, it may be difficult to find cheaper priced guys that can provide you with the same upside in a 51 total game so if you want to go for a kicker as your final piece I would not be against it.
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