Should I start Jahan Dotson or Jaxon Smith-Njigba in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jahan Dotson, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 8.

The market-based projections

Jahan Dotson's market-based projection is 5.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 40th highest figure of the 211 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Jaxon Smith-Njigba is 5.5 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.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 68 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 62 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 16.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 87 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against SF he caught 1 of 3 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against TB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Jaxon Smith-Njigba has been on the field for 83 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 36 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 30 of the offence's 70 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 18 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 89 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against DEN he caught 12 of 16 targets for 134 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against KC he carried 2 times for 13 yards, caught 9 of 12 targets for 150 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against CHI he caught 6 of 11 targets for 118 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jahan Dotson played 17 games and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jaxon Smith-Njigba played 17 games and scored 359.9 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing WR2.

He caught 119 of 163 targets for 1793 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 9.6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

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

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaxon Smith-Njigba scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Jahan Dotson 3.0, 18.2 a game between them.

Jahan Dotson finished WR109 that year and Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR2.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 127 more targets than Jahan Dotson, 163 to 36.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 1531 more receiving yards than Jahan Dotson, 1793 to 262.

This season Jaxon Smith-Njigba holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 68 percent.

This season Jaxon Smith-Njigba holds the bigger target share, 36 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

Jaxon Smith-Njigba has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.