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Should I start Lamar Jackson or DJ Moore in Week 9?

Updated Nov 4, 3:51 PM ET.

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  • : Fantasy buzz: Minshew takes over in Arizona; Lamar Jackson on IR (ESPN)
  • : DJ Moore: Listed Questionable (Undisclosed) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Lamar Jackson: Listed Out (Thumb) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start DJ Moore: 57 percent of the snaps and 21 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Lamar Jackson's 55 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets. 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 DJ Moore for Lamar Jackson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Lamar Jackson projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 8 games), DJ Moore 99 (11.0 a game over 9 games). DJ Moore is listed questionable. Lamar Jackson is listed out.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Lamar Jackson

QB6 · BAL · bye 13

2026 vs pass yds line 3-2

Market-based projection
19.2 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
65

DJ Moore

WR27 · BUF · bye 7

2026 vs anytime td line 2-3

Market-based projection
10.2 pts a game

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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 Lamar Jackson, and the board ranks him 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DJ Moore, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 37.

The market-based projections

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

DJ Moore's market-based projection is 10.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 224 players with a market-based projection.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 73 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 112 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 112 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 3 against DAL he completed 15 of 20 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 50 yards.

In Week 4 against TEN he completed 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 20 yards.

In Week 8 against BUF he completed 0 of 1 pass for 0 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Through Week 8, DJ Moore has been on the field for 55 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 6 of 10 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Lamar Jackson played 13 games and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.

He threw for 2549 yards on 302 attempts with 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 23.2 attempts a game at 8.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 92 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 DJ Moore played 17 games and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

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

DJ Moore was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and DJ Moore 10.0, 7.1 a game between them.

Lamar Jackson finished QB20 and DJ Moore WR35, which are two different ladders.

Lamar Jackson is a quarterback and DJ Moore a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Lamar Jackson is off in Week 13 and DJ Moore in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Lamar Jackson is listed as out on the injury report.

DJ Moore is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Lamar Jackson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop DJ Moore for Lamar Jackson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Lamar Jackson projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 8 games), DJ Moore 99 (11.0 a game over 9 games). DJ Moore is listed questionable. Lamar Jackson is listed out.

  • Should I drop Lamar Jackson for DJ Moore?

    No. Keep Lamar Jackson: he projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 8 games), DJ Moore 99 (11.0 a game over 9 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out. DJ Moore is listed questionable.

Both players in full

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