{"id":832287,"date":"2026-07-28T22:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/832287\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T22:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:02:12","slug":"start-vs-sit-2-must-plays-and-who-to-avoid-in-week-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/832287\/","title":{"rendered":"Start vs. Sit: 2 must-plays and who to avoid in Week 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Entering Week 9, only Calgary (Vernon Adams Jr.), Edmonton (Cody Fajardo<\/a>), Montreal (Davis Alexander<\/a>), Ottawa (Jake Maier<\/a>), and Saskatchewan (Trevor Harris<\/a>) have avoided the injury bug at pivot.<\/p>\n

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TRAVIS THEIS | RUNNING BACK | MONTREAL ALOUETTES<\/p>\n

Travis Theis has five straight games with a touchdown and four games of at least 100 yards from scrimmage. There may not be a more complete back not named Justin Rankin than Theis, who comes into Week 9 averaging 6.3 yards per carry while ripping off a combined 21 rushes of at least 10 yards.<\/p>\n

Theis is a perfect complement for quarterback Davis Alexander<\/a>. His numbers as a receiver may not be lofty, but his value as an extra target for Montreal\u2019s passing game has only enhanced the potency of the Alouettes\u2019 offence. If he\u2019s not in your lineup, there\u2019s not much more than we can tell you.<\/p>\n

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KAIDON SALTER | QUARTERBACK | BC LIONS<\/p>\n

Kaidon Salter gave the Lions\u2019 passing game a hint of life in the Week 8 loss to the Argos, averaging 8.1 yards per attempt on his 15 passes. BC is reportedly entrusting him as the Week 9 start<\/a> against the Blue Bombers. There is a chance his downfield-throwing skills could bring a spark to an offence that has managed a league-low seven passing majors, but don\u2019t get too giddy about Salter\u2019s upside. The Lions have just nine completions of more than 30 yards and haven\u2019t been their usual explosive selves in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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KIAN SCHAFFER-BAKER | RECEIVER | SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS<\/p>\n

In his past five games, Kian Schaffer-Baker<\/a> is averaging 25.94 Fantasy Points with three games of at least 100 receiving yards and four majors. As long as Harris is under centre, the Roughriders\u2019 passing game will remain elite with Schaffer-Baker, KeeSean Johnson and Samuel Emilus<\/a> at the forefront of Saskatchewan\u2019s vertical attack.<\/p>\n

The offence leads the league with a 72 percent completion rate, and with the way the Roughriders can stretch the field, fantasy users can\u2019t go wrong with any choice they\u2019d want to utilize the CFL\u2019s third-best offence. Right now, adding KSB is a winning play.<\/p>\n

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JAMES BUTLER | RUNNING BACK | BC LIONS<\/p>\n

With Nathan Rourke sidelined, the mindset would have been a heavy dose of James Butler<\/a> to offset not having the services of one of the game\u2019s premier playmakers. Instead, Butler has been unable to put the offence on his broad shoulders, with just a 31.2 FP effort against the Elks in Week 5 proving to be the exception.<\/p>\n

A foot injury has also kept Butler from being a full participant in practice this week<\/a>, and the Lions have used a lot of him and Zander Horvath in combination. The result has seen Horvath generate a career-best five touchdowns while Butler has scored four majors and recorded 10 carries of at least 10 years. BC is eighth in the league in rushing yards per game coming into Thursday\u2019s game against Winnipeg, and while Butler and Horvath have shown a knack for finding the end zone, starting Butler is a high-risk gamble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Entering Week 9, only Calgary (Vernon Adams Jr.), Edmonton (Cody Fajardo), Montreal (Davis Alexander), Ottawa (Jake Maier), and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":832288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-832287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/832288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}