Should I start Jalen Coker or Zach Charbonnet in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Jalen Coker's market-based projection is 11.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 58th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Zach Charbonnet's market-based projection is 10.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 66th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Coker, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zach Charbonnet, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Zach Charbonnet has taken 32 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 8 against CHI he carried 6 times for 23 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 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 Zach Charbonnet played 16 games and scored 181.4 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB24.

He carried 184 times for 730 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 20 of 24 targets for 144 more yards.

That came to 11-12 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Zach Charbonnet was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Zach Charbonnet scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Jalen Coker 8.2, 3.1 a game between them.

Jalen Coker finished WR69 and Zach Charbonnet RB24, which are two different ladders.

Jalen Coker is a wide receiver and Zach Charbonnet a running back, 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 and Zach Charbonnet in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.3 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.