Should I start Ja'Kobi Lane or Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 9?
Updated Nov 4, 7:26 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Ja'Kobi Lane and Deebo Samuel Sr. are too close to call on usage: 63 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the targets against 62 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Deebo Samuel Sr. for Ja'Kobi Lane?
Not on these numbers alone. Deebo Samuel Sr. projects 30 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (3.3 a game over 9 games) and Ja'Kobi Lane 33 (4.1 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed questionable.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
WR44 · BAL · bye 13
2026 vs anytime td line 0-4
- Market-based projection
- 4.1 pts a game
WR46 · SF · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 3-2
- Overall rank
- 127
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Kobi Lane, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Deebo Samuel Sr., and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
Ja'Kobi Lane's market-based projection is 4.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 120th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.
The market has Deebo Samuel Sr. at 3.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.
Deebo Samuel Sr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 8, Ja'Kobi Lane has been on the field for 56 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 9 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.
His 14 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.
In Week 6 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 25 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against BUF he caught 1 of 1 target for 13 yards and did not score.
Through Week 5, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 57 percent of SF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 21 two minute targets.
His 20 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.
In Week 3 against ARI he carried 2 times for 14 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against DEN he carried 3 times for 44 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 5 against SEA he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
Ja'Kobi Lane is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
In 2025 Deebo Samuel Sr. played 16 games and scored 188.2 PPR points, 11.8 a game, finishing WR25.
He caught 72 of 99 targets for 727 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.
That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 10.1 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season Deebo Samuel Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 56 percent.
This season Deebo Samuel Sr. holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 12 percent.
Byes and availability
Ja'Kobi Lane is off in Week 13 and Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.
What would change the answer
Deebo Samuel Sr. has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Deebo Samuel Sr. for Ja'Kobi Lane?
Not on these numbers alone. Deebo Samuel Sr. projects 30 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (3.3 a game over 9 games) and Ja'Kobi Lane 33 (4.1 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed questionable.
Should I drop Ja'Kobi Lane for Deebo Samuel Sr.?
Not on these numbers alone. Ja'Kobi Lane projects 33 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.1 a game over 8 games) and Deebo Samuel Sr. 30 (3.3 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed questionable.
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