Should I start Michael Wilson or Corey Kiner in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Wilson, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Corey Kiner, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Michael Wilson is 2.1 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.

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 1.8 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.

Michael 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, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 89 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 9 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 22 of its 57 two minute targets.

His 81 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he carried 2 times for 11 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DAL he carried 1 time for 17 yards, caught 8 of 15 targets for 111 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Corey Kiner has been on the field for 13 percent of NE snaps, taken 18 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 11 times for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 4 times for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he carried 7 times for 38 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.

He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Corey Kiner played 4 games and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.

He carried 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 more yards.

That came to 3.0 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Michael Wilson was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Wilson scored 13.0 PPR points a game and Corey Kiner 2.3, 10.7 a game between them.

Michael Wilson finished WR10 and Corey Kiner RB112, which are two different ladders.

Michael Wilson is a wide receiver and Corey Kiner a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Michael Wilson is off in Week 14 and Corey Kiner in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Michael Wilson is listed as questionable on the injury report.