Should I start Jalen Coker or Emeka Egbuka in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Jalen Coker's market-based projection is 11.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 30th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Emeka Egbuka's market-based projection is 11.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 33rd highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Coker, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emeka Egbuka, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 70 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 6 of 13 targets for 97 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against GB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 86 percent of TB snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 7 of 16 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Emeka Egbuka was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Jalen Coker 8.2, 3.3 a game between them.

Jalen Coker finished WR69 that year and Emeka Egbuka WR23.

Emeka Egbuka had 84 more targets than Jalen Coker, 127 to 43.

Emeka Egbuka had 544 more receiving yards than Jalen Coker, 938 to 394.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 70 percent.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Jalen Coker is off in Week 5 and Emeka Egbuka in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Emeka Egbuka is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.7 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.