Should I start Amon-Ra St. Brown or C.J. Stroud in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Amon-Ra St. Brown, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 11.

Live drafts hold no current pick on C.J. Stroud, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.

The market-based projections

The market has Amon-Ra St. Brown at 4.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

C.J. Stroud's market-based projection is 17.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 4 market sources. That is the 5th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Amon-Ra St. Brown's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Amon-Ra St. Brown has been on the field for 85 percent of DET snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 24 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 5 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 76 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 6 of 11 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against GB he carried 1 time for -1 yards, caught 9 of 11 targets for 153 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIN he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 7 of 8 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 266 times and thrown 9.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 35 of 266 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 5 against TEN he completed 26 of 34 passes for 261 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

In Week 6 against JAX he completed 24 of 34 passes for 312 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

In Week 7 against NYG he completed 17 of 28 passes for 153 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 4 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets.

That came to 10.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 C.J. Stroud played 14 games and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.

He threw for 3041 yards on 423 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.2 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Amon-Ra St. Brown was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown scored 19.1 PPR points a game and C.J. Stroud 15.5, 3.6 a game between them.

Amon-Ra St. Brown finished WR3 and C.J. Stroud QB21, which are two different ladders.

Amon-Ra St. Brown is a wide receiver and C.J. Stroud a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Amon-Ra St. Brown is off in Week 6 and C.J. Stroud in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Amon-Ra St. Brown is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Amon-Ra St. Brown has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.