Should I start Jakobi Meyers or DeMario Douglas in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jakobi Meyers, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Jakobi Meyers's market-based projection is 9.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 22nd highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 2.5 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 80 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 3 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 55 percent of NE snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 7 of 8 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeMario Douglas was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers scored 11.0 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 5.4 a game between them.

Jakobi Meyers finished WR32 that year and DeMario Douglas WR65.

Jakobi Meyers had 64 more targets than DeMario Douglas, 110 to 46.

Jakobi Meyers had 388 more receiving yards than DeMario Douglas, 835 to 447.

This season Jakobi Meyers holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 55 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 16 percent each.

Byes and availability

Jakobi Meyers is off in Week 7 and DeMario Douglas in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jakobi Meyers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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