Should I start Rome Odunze or Courtland Sutton in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rome Odunze, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Courtland Sutton, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Rome Odunze, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for Courtland Sutton is 2.5 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.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Rome Odunze has been on the field for 85 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 2 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 13.3 air yards.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 3 of 9 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 77 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against KC he caught 4 of 4 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rome Odunze played 12 games and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 15.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Courtland Sutton was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Rome Odunze 12.2, 0.7 a game between them.

Rome Odunze finished WR41 that year and Courtland Sutton WR13.

Courtland Sutton had 34 more targets than Rome Odunze, 124 to 90.

Courtland Sutton had 356 more receiving yards than Rome Odunze, 1017 to 661.

This season Rome Odunze holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 77 percent.

This season Rome Odunze holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.