Should I start Amon-Ra St. Brown or Justin Jefferson in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Amon-Ra St. Brown, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 11.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Justin Jefferson, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 4; 2QB: ADP 15.

The market-based projections

The market has Amon-Ra St. Brown at 4.7 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.

The market-based projection for Justin Jefferson is 2.7 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.

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, Justin Jefferson has been on the field for 80 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 40 targets have averaged 10.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against NO he carried 1 time for -11 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 79 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 4 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DET he caught 5 of 9 targets for 33 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Justin Jefferson played 17 games and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Justin Jefferson 11.9, 7.2 a game between them.

Amon-Ra St. Brown finished WR3 that year and Justin Jefferson WR21.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 31 more targets than Justin Jefferson, 172 to 141.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 353 more receiving yards than Justin Jefferson, 1401 to 1048.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 80 percent.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 27 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 6, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

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