Should I start Mike Evans or Jacoby Brissett in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 2:16 PM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Start Jacoby Brissett: 85 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Mike Evans's 54 percent of the snaps and 27 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Mike Evans for Jacoby Brissett?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jacoby Brissett projects 125 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.6 a game over 8 games), Mike Evans 27 (3.0 a game over 9 games). Mike Evans is listed out.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR27 · SF · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 3-3
- Overall rank
- 64
QB6 · ARI · bye 14
2026 vs pass yds line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 17.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 65
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Evans, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jacoby Brissett, and the board ranks him 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 44.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Mike Evans is 4.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
No season market is posted for Jacoby Brissett, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season so far
Through Week 6, Mike Evans has been on the field for 55 percent of SF snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 19 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 25 two minute targets.
His 39 targets have averaged 14.6 air yards.
In Week 4 against DEN he caught 5 of 8 targets for 76 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against SEA he caught 7 of 10 targets for 113 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 6 against WAS he caught 3 of 5 targets for 94 yards and did not score.
Through Week 8, Jacoby Brissett has been on the field for 94 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 331 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 61 of 331 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.
In Week 6 against LAR he completed 24 of 35 passes for 218 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 2 yards.
In Week 7 against DEN he completed 27 of 48 passes for 272 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 16 yards.
In Week 8 against DAL he completed 10 of 23 passes for 119 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 7 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.
He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.
That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Jacoby Brissett played 14 games and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.
He threw for 3366 yards on 485 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 34.6 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Jacoby Brissett was available for 6 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Jacoby Brissett scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Mike Evans 10.6, 6.2 a game between them.
Mike Evans finished WR76 and Jacoby Brissett QB16, which are two different ladders.
Mike Evans is a wide receiver and Jacoby Brissett a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Mike Evans is off in Week 8 and Jacoby Brissett in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.
Mike Evans is listed as out on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Mike Evans for Jacoby Brissett?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jacoby Brissett projects 125 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.6 a game over 8 games), Mike Evans 27 (3.0 a game over 9 games). Mike Evans is listed out.
Should I drop Jacoby Brissett for Mike Evans?
No. Keep Jacoby Brissett: he projects 125 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.6 a game over 8 games), Mike Evans 27 (3.0 a game over 9 games). Mike Evans is listed out.
Both players in full
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