Should I start CeeDee Lamb or Garrett Wilson in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on CeeDee Lamb, and the board ranks him 7th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Garrett Wilson, and the board ranks him 173rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

CeeDee Lamb's market-based projection is 18.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 14th highest figure of the 232 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Garrett Wilson is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 79 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 25 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 3 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 16 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 92 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 9 of 18 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 5 of 12 targets for 74 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against ARI he caught 7 of 11 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 88 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 20 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 63 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LV he caught 6 of 12 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

CeeDee Lamb was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Garrett Wilson 14.2, 0.1 a game between them.

CeeDee Lamb finished WR22 that year and Garrett Wilson WR62.

CeeDee Lamb had 58 more targets than Garrett Wilson, 117 to 59.

CeeDee Lamb had 682 more receiving yards than Garrett Wilson, 1077 to 395.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 79 percent.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 28 percent.

Byes and availability

CeeDee Lamb is off in Week 14 and Garrett Wilson in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Garrett Wilson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Garrett Wilson has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.