REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

Expect Blake Martinez to be a reliable fantasy starter the rest of the season. His 74 projected fantasy points puts him at #5 behind Devin White and ahead of Zach Cunningham. He has averaged 8.39 fantasy points in his past 41 games, which is less than our projected per game average. His projected per game average is 9.2 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#4) is better than his rank based on total fantasy points. He is slightly overrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 94%, he is the #2 most highly owned linebacker. Blake Martinez is expected to come up short of this season-to-date's #1 fantasy position rank.

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BLAKE MARTINEZ WEEK 9 AND 10 FANTASY OUTLOOK

Blake Martinez is projected for 8.5 fantasy points which is good enough to be the #7 ranked linebacker and a must start for most owners. This is projected to be a slightly below average week with fewer fantasy points than he is projected to average the rest of the season. He is ranked above Fred Warner but behind Shaq Green-Thompson. Week 10 is projected to be slightly better based on projected rank (#5). He is projected for 9.1 fantasy points.

FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL STATS

The tables below show projected stats (totals and averages) for the rest of the season and upcoming weeks. Also included are actual stats from the current and last season.