Should I start Amon-Ra St. Brown or Darren Waller in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Amon-Ra St. Brown, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 11.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darren Waller, and the board ranks him 52nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Amon-Ra St. Brown at 4.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

Darren Waller's market-based projection is 4.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 48th highest figure of the 211 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 through Week 8

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 8, Darren Waller has been on the field for 48 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 50 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

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 Darren Waller played 9 games and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Amon-Ra St. Brown was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Darren Waller 9.9, 9.2 a game between them.

Amon-Ra St. Brown finished WR3 and Darren Waller TE33, which are two different ladders.

Amon-Ra St. Brown is a wide receiver and Darren Waller a tight end, 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 Darren Waller in Week 5, 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.