Should I start Jahan Dotson or CeeDee Lamb in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jahan Dotson, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on CeeDee Lamb, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Jahan Dotson's market-based projection is 5.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 54th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for CeeDee Lamb is 4.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 68 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 62 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 16.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 87 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against SF he caught 1 of 3 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against TB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jahan Dotson played 17 games and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Jahan Dotson was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Jahan Dotson 3.0, 11.4 a game between them.

Jahan Dotson finished WR109 that year and CeeDee Lamb WR22.

CeeDee Lamb had 81 more targets than Jahan Dotson, 117 to 36.

CeeDee Lamb had 815 more receiving yards than Jahan Dotson, 1077 to 262.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 68 percent.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Jahan Dotson is off in Week 11 and CeeDee Lamb in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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