NFL Week 9 Fantasy Football Recap: Tennessee Titans vs. Kansas City Chiefs

•Derrick Henry: 17 carries, 115 yards, 2 touchdowns

• Mecole Hardman: 6 receptions, 79 yards, 1 touchdown

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IND@NE | GB@DET | LAC@ATL | BUF@NYJ
MIN@WSH | CAR@CIN | LVR@JAX | MIA@CHI
SEA@ARZ | LAR@TB | TEN@KC

Kadarius Toney joins the Chiefs: Toney made his Chiefs debut but played nearly all of his snaps during the first 20 minutes of the game.

• He played seven of a possible 33 snaps over the Chiefs' first three drives, which tied with Skyy Moore for fifth-most among their wide receivers.
• Three of his seven snaps came from the slot. All six of the Chiefs wide receivers played at least three snaps from the slot in that time.
• He also took two snaps from more of a tight end alignment and stance.
• Toney caught two passes for 12 yards in his limited time.
• He returned for one snap in the fourth quarter and another in overtime.
• He should be on fantasy rosters but remain on the bench until he gets more playing time.
• Justin Watson also played more than usual. He caught two passes for 37 yards.
• Most of their playing time came at the expense for Mecole Hardman.
• Hardman keeps scoring touchdowns, but it’s hard to consider him a fantasy starter with how often he comes off the field.

Bench Clyde Edwards-Helaire: Isaiah Pacheco was named the starter two weeks ago and received significantly more playing time than Edwards-Helaire for the first time.

• Pacheco took just a slight majority over Edwards-Helaire in Week 6 before the bye.
• Kansas City completely abandoned the run game early on. Pacheco, Edwards-Helaire and Jerick McKinnon gained 4-5 yards each on 3-5 carries each.
• This was the fourth straight game where Edwards-Helaire tallied under 40 rushing yards. He’s caught only one pass in the past three weeks and only scored one touchdown in the last four.
• McKinnon dominated snaps throughout the second half as the Chiefs were playing from behind.
• Six of the Chiefs' nine remaining opponents have losing records with three or fewer wins on the season.
• The game scripts in those games will be much more favorable to the Chiefs' run game, which could mean big games for Pacheco ahead.
• Kansas City has been more reliant on their youngest players in those scripts, which makes the schedule better news for Pacheco than Edwards-Helaire.

Drop Robert Woods: Woods didn’t catch his only target.

• No Titans wide receiver caught a pass against the Chiefs.
• That should change once Ryan Tannehill is starting again, but that won’t be enough to warrant keeping him. 
• This was his fifth-straight game and seventh total game total under 40 receiving yards.
• He’s yet to catch more than four passes in a game.
• Treylon Burks should be returning soon, which will take away from Woods’ snaps and targets.
• The Titans have the fourth-worst schedule for wide receivers over the rest of the season.

Table Notes

• Snaps include plays called back due to penalties, including offensive holding or defensive pass interference. The other three stats have these plays removed.

• Targets may differ from official NFL sources. The most likely discrepancy would be from a clear thrown-away pass, where the NFL may give the target to the nearest receiver, while this data will not.

• Carries are only on designed plays. Quarterback scrambles won’t count for the total number of carries in the game.