Should I start Jalen Coker or Nate Boerkircher in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 9:21 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Start Jalen Coker: 76 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Nate Boerkircher's 51 percent of the snaps and 5 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.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
WR47 · CAR · bye 5
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- Market-based projection
- 13.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 112
TE19 · JAX · bye unlisted
- Market-based projection
- 2.3 pts a game
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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 Jalen Coker, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Nate Boerkircher, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Jalen Coker is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.
Nate Boerkircher's market-based projection is 2.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 183 players with a market-based projection.
Jalen Coker's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 70 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 10 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.
His 44 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.
In Week 6 against PHI he caught 6 of 13 targets for 97 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against TB he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against GB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 8, Nate Boerkircher has been on the field for 48 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 23 two minute targets.
His 9 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.
In Week 5 against PHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against HOU he caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against IND he caught 1 of 1 target for 31 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.
He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.
That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Nate Boerkircher is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Side by side
Jalen Coker is a wide receiver and Nate Boerkircher a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Jalen Coker is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Nate Boerkircher.
What would change the answer
Jalen Coker has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.
Both players in full
Week 9 on the board
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- Is Nate Boerkircher playing Week 9?
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- Week 9 WR rankings
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- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings
