Should I start Amon-Ra St. Brown or Mike Evans 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 Mike Evans, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

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 Mike Evans is 4.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 so far

Through Week 8, Amon-Ra St. Brown has been on the field for 87 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 6, Mike Evans has been on the field for 55 percent of SF snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 14.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 5 of 8 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 7 of 10 targets for 113 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 3 of 5 targets for 94 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 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Amon-Ra St. Brown was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Mike Evans 10.6, 8.5 a game between them.

Amon-Ra St. Brown finished WR3 that year and Mike Evans WR76.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 111 more targets than Mike Evans, 172 to 61.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 1033 more receiving yards than Mike Evans, 1401 to 368.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 55 percent.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

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

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

Mike Evans is listed as out on the injury report.