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Should I start Mike Evans or Cam Skattebo in Week 9?

Updated Nov 4, 6:41 PM ET.

Start Mike Evans: 54 percent of the snaps and 27 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Cam Skattebo's 43 percent of the snaps and 38 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Mike Evans for Cam Skattebo?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Cam Skattebo projects 113 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (12.5 a game over 9 games), Mike Evans 32 (3.6 a game over 9 games). Mike Evans is listed questionable. Cam Skattebo is listed questionable.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Evans, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Skattebo, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Mike Evans is 4.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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 Cam Skattebo is 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 7, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 54 percent of NYG snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 1.8 air yards.

In Week 5 against WAS he carried 13 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against HOU he carried 17 times for 124 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -3 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.

That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 8 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Cam Skattebo scored 16.0 PPR points a game and Mike Evans 10.6, 5.4 a game between them.

Mike Evans finished WR76 and Cam Skattebo RB37, which are two different ladders.

Mike Evans is a wide receiver and Cam Skattebo a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Mike Evans is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Cam Skattebo is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Mike Evans for Cam Skattebo?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Cam Skattebo projects 113 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (12.5 a game over 9 games), Mike Evans 32 (3.6 a game over 9 games). Mike Evans is listed questionable. Cam Skattebo is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Cam Skattebo for Mike Evans?

    No. Keep Cam Skattebo: he projects 113 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (12.5 a game over 9 games), Mike Evans 32 (3.6 a game over 9 games). Cam Skattebo is listed questionable. Mike Evans is listed questionable.

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