Should I start Dohnte Meyers or Ja'Kobi Lane in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Dohnte Meyers's market-based projection is 4.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 106th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

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 109th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dohnte Meyers, and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Kobi Lane, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Dohnte Meyers has been on the field for 45 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 1 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

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.

Their last full seasons

Dohnte Meyers is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Ja'Kobi Lane is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Ja'Kobi Lane holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 45 percent.

This season Ja'Kobi Lane holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Ja'Kobi Lane is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Dohnte Meyers.

What would change the answer

0.4 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.