Should I start Jakobi Meyers or Quentin Johnston in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Jakobi Meyers's market-based projection is 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 83rd highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Quentin Johnston's market-based projection is 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 96th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jakobi Meyers, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quentin Johnston, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 76 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 3 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 81 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he caught 4 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jakobi Meyers was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Jakobi Meyers 11.0, 1.2 a game between them.

Jakobi Meyers finished WR32 that year and Quentin Johnston WR34.

Jakobi Meyers had 25 more targets than Quentin Johnston, 110 to 85.

Jakobi Meyers had 100 more receiving yards than Quentin Johnston, 835 to 735.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 76 percent.

This season Jakobi Meyers holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Jakobi Meyers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

2.1 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.