Should I start Darren Waller or Dohnte Meyers in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Darren Waller's market-based projection is 4.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 117th highest figure of the 223 players with a market-based projection.

Dohnte Meyers's market-based projection is 4.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 123rd highest figure of the 223 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darren Waller, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Darren Waller has been on the field for 48 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 50 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Dohnte Meyers has been on the field for 45 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 1 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Darren Waller played 9 games and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dohnte Meyers is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Darren Waller is a tight end and Dohnte Meyers a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Darren Waller is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Dohnte Meyers.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.