Skip to main content
parlae.io
Sign in

Should I start Josh Downs or Jahan Dotson in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 2:31 AM ET.

Start Josh Downs: 86 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jahan Dotson's 68 percent of the snaps and 12 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 Jahan Dotson for Josh Downs?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Downs projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.5 a game over 8 games), Jahan Dotson 41 (5.1 a game over 8 games).

Parlae may earn a commission from price links.

Advertisement

Your next move

More fantasy football tools and rankings, all built from the same board.

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.

Josh Downs

WR58 · IND · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 1-7

Market-based projection
7.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
142

Jahan Dotson

WR60 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-6

Market-based projection
6.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
149

Make this call for your own roster

Sync your league and My Team sets this week's lineup for your actual roster, spot by spot. Free, no account.

Sync my league

SleeperESPNYahoo

Or get it by email

Tuesday 7am ET: one email with what moved on the board and who is worth a claim.

Free. One a week, one tap to stop.

The gap

  • Board size297 draftable players

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 Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jahan Dotson, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Josh Downs is 1.8 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.

The market-based projection for Jahan Dotson is 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Josh Downs has been on the field for 82 percent of IND snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 4 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 67 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Jahan Dotson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Josh Downs scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Jahan Dotson 3.0, 5.6 a game between them.

Josh Downs finished WR44 that year and Jahan Dotson WR109.

Josh Downs had 52 more targets than Jahan Dotson, 88 to 36.

Josh Downs had 304 more receiving yards than Jahan Dotson, 566 to 262.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 67 percent.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Josh Downs is off in Week 13 and Jahan Dotson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Jahan Dotson for Josh Downs?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Downs projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.5 a game over 8 games), Jahan Dotson 41 (5.1 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Josh Downs for Jahan Dotson?

    No. Keep Josh Downs: he projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.5 a game over 8 games), Jahan Dotson 41 (5.1 a game over 8 games).

Should I drop Josh Downs?

Both players in full

Week 9 on the board

Next duels