Should I start Emanuel Wilson or Ray Davis in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emanuel Wilson, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ray Davis, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Emanuel Wilson is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Ray Davis is 0.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Emanuel Wilson has been on the field for 41 percent of SEA snaps, taken 55 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 62 third down targets, had 7 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 1.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against SF he carried 20 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against DEN he carried 14 times for 52 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against KC he carried 24 times for 100 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Ray Davis has been on the field for 13 percent of BUF snaps, taken 5 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against LAR he carried 2 times for 2 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LV he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 6 times for 30 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Emanuel Wilson played 17 games and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He carried 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 more yards.

That came to 7.4 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ray Davis played 17 games and scored 64.1 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB61.

He carried 58 times for 275 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 13 targets for 86 more yards.

That came to 3.4 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 0.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 11 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Emanuel Wilson scored 5.6 PPR points a game and Ray Davis 3.8, 1.8 a game between them.

Emanuel Wilson finished RB49 that year and Ray Davis RB61.

Emanuel Wilson had 67 more carries than Ray Davis, 125 to 58.

Emanuel Wilson had 5 more catches than Ray Davis, 15 to 10.

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 41 percent against 13 percent.

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger share of the carries, 55 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Emanuel Wilson is off in Week 11 and Ray Davis in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.