Steve Dugas ranks the league for Week 9 of the 2026 season, with movement, records, statistics, and his candid weekly analysis.
MM are back on track with a couple wins. Beating Big Boys sans half the lineup was huge as Eaters aren’t letting up in the west. Ultimately this teams fate may lie with whether or not the 49ers get a WR for Purdy to throw the ball to.
I had planned to comment that the Dragons needed a wide receiver. Getting Jefferson is a huge move for now and the future. They really had a big hole behind Ja’Marr Chase. This is probably the team to beat this year.
The orangutans are the hottest team in the league, but they get a tough matchup this week in the thugs. After Jon made a huge move with the dragons does he have another one to pull out of his hat with the tangs?
The brothers find themselves in a dog fight with the beans for the west. They have one of the toughest remaining schedules. This division may come down to week 13 in the pivotal matchup against the beans.
The eaters desperately need the old rules of the 90s early 2000s back so they can make the old school three team trade for Jonathan Taylor. He is the missing piece to this lineup.
The refugees finally broke out for over 50 this past week, but they’ve been pulling out a lot of close low scoring wins. They likely will steal another one this week against the buddies despite being so depleted by injuries. This team just isn’t going away.
The beans have to find a way to capitalize on Joe Burrow‘s career year Tee Higgins sure would look good in that lineup
Emeka Egbuka needs to return to the lineup and back into the guy we saw at the start of last year or the Llamas are going to run out of time.
Thugs are winning now and setting themselves up for the future. They sure have gone all in on the 2026 rookie class.
If the white guys can find a way to beat the beans this week, I think they will find a way to sneak into the playoffs.
Hard to make sense of this team. Lowest scoring in the league but they keep pulling out wins. How long will Josh Jacob’s help out and can Kevin find a way to offload him?
Mallards go in to every game favored and find a way to walk away losers. The Chargers have broken this teams spirits. A loss this week probably sees Higgins and Smith made available.
What is going on with Henderson and the Pats? Strange situation playing out.
Really surprised to see this team has dropped four straight. The lineup isn’t terrible.
Eventually, the big boys and mallards will face each other and one of them can have their long losing streaks end.
Starting players on bye doesn’t get you a free pass from the basement even if you do win.