Should I start Jalen Coker or Rome Odunze in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Coker, and the board ranks him 24th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rome Odunze, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Jalen Coker's market-based projection is 11.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 22nd highest figure of the 211 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Rome Odunze is 2.5 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.

Rome Odunze'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, Rome Odunze has been on the field for 85 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 70 third down targets, had 2 of its 40 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 14.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against SEA he caught 4 of 6 targets for 87 yards and did not score.

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.

In 2025 Rome Odunze played 12 games and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 15.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rome Odunze was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rome Odunze scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Jalen Coker 8.2, 4.0 a game between them.

Jalen Coker finished WR69 that year and Rome Odunze WR41.

Rome Odunze had 47 more targets than Jalen Coker, 90 to 43.

Rome Odunze had 267 more receiving yards than Jalen Coker, 661 to 394.

This season Rome Odunze holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 70 percent.

This season Jalen Coker holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Jalen Coker is off in Week 5 and Rome Odunze in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Rome Odunze has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.