Should I start DJ Moore or Tre Tucker in Week 9?

The market-based projections

DJ Moore's market-based projection is 10.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 58th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Tre Tucker's market-based projection is 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 67th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DJ Moore, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tre Tucker, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

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.

Through Week 8, Tre Tucker has been on the field for 67 percent of LV snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 77 third down targets, had 0 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 5 of 7 targets for 97 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 5 of 12 targets for 103 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against NYJ he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Tre Tucker played 17 games and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 DJ Moore scored 10.0 PPR points a game and Tre Tucker 9.5, 0.5 a game between them.

DJ Moore finished WR35 that year and Tre Tucker WR38.

Tre Tucker had 7 more targets than DJ Moore, 92 to 85.

Tre Tucker had 14 more receiving yards than DJ Moore, 696 to 682.

This season Tre Tucker holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 55 percent.

This season DJ Moore holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

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

DJ Moore is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.8 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.