Should I start DJ Moore or Tetairoa McMillan in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DJ Moore, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tetairoa McMillan, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for DJ Moore is 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

The market-based projection for Tetairoa McMillan is 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, DJ Moore has been on the field for 51 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.

Through Week 8, Tetairoa McMillan has been on the field for 83 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 65 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 86 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against GB he caught 6 of 11 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Tetairoa McMillan played 17 games and scored 211.4 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR16.

He caught 70 of 122 targets for 1014 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 57 percent catch rate and 15 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Tetairoa McMillan scored 12.4 PPR points a game and DJ Moore 10.0, 2.4 a game between them.

DJ Moore finished WR35 that year and Tetairoa McMillan WR16.

Tetairoa McMillan had 37 more targets than DJ Moore, 122 to 85.

Tetairoa McMillan had 332 more receiving yards than DJ Moore, 1014 to 682.

This season Tetairoa McMillan holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 51 percent.

This season Tetairoa McMillan holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

DJ Moore is off in Week 7 and Tetairoa McMillan in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

DJ Moore is listed as questionable on the injury report.