Should I start Cade Otton or Jerry Jeudy in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cade Otton, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jerry Jeudy, and the board ranks him 180th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Cade Otton is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Jerry Jeudy is 1.0 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.

Cade Otton's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Cade Otton has been on the field for 94 percent of TB snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CAR he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against ATL he was not given the ball.

Through Week 8, Jerry Jeudy has been on the field for 59 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 6 against BAL he caught 4 of 4 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TEN he caught 4 of 4 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PIT he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cade Otton played 16 games and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing TE22.

He caught 59 of 81 targets for 572 yards and 1 touchdown, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.7 yards a catch.

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

In 2025 Jerry Jeudy played 17 games and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 47 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.

Jerry Jeudy was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Cade Otton scored 7.6 PPR points a game and Jerry Jeudy 7.1, 0.5 a game between them.

Cade Otton finished TE22 and Jerry Jeudy WR52, which are two different ladders.

Cade Otton is a tight end and Jerry Jeudy a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Cade Otton is off in Week 10 and Jerry Jeudy in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.