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Should I start Jadarian Price or Makai Lemon in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 10:21 AM ET.

Start Makai Lemon: 91 percent of the snaps and 21 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jadarian Price's 36 percent of the snaps and 35 percent of the carries. 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 Makai Lemon for Jadarian Price?

Not on these numbers alone. Makai Lemon projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.9 a game over 8 games) and Jadarian Price 50 (6.3 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

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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.

Jadarian Price

RB36 · SEA · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 1-3

Market-based projection
5.2 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
111

Makai Lemon

WR44 · PHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-7

Market-based projection
10.7 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
112

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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 Jadarian Price, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Makai Lemon, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jadarian Price is 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 Makai Lemon is 2.2 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Jadarian Price has been on the field for 36 percent of SEA snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 4.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 13 times for 52 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against WAS he carried 5 times for 15 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CHI he carried 10 times for 29 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 78 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 78 third down targets, had 1 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 46 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DAL he caught 7 of 8 targets for 67 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against WAS he caught 6 of 9 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

Their last full seasons

Jadarian Price is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Jadarian Price is a running back and Makai Lemon a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jadarian Price is off in Week 11 and Makai Lemon in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Makai Lemon for Jadarian Price?

    Not on these numbers alone. Makai Lemon projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.9 a game over 8 games) and Jadarian Price 50 (6.3 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

  • Should I drop Jadarian Price for Makai Lemon?

    Not on these numbers alone. Jadarian Price projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 8 games) and Makai Lemon 47 (5.9 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

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