Should I start Jalen Nailor or Jerry Jeudy in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Nailor, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jerry Jeudy, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jalen Nailor is 1.2 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 Jerry Jeudy is 1.0 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.

Jalen Nailor'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 Nailor has been on the field for 54 percent of LV snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 1 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 42 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 11.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NYJ he caught 4 of 4 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Jerry Jeudy has been on the field for 59 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 6 against BAL he caught 4 of 4 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TEN he caught 4 of 4 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PIT he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jerry Jeudy played 17 games and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

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

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jerry Jeudy scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Jalen Nailor 5.9, 1.2 a game between them.

Jalen Nailor finished WR61 that year and Jerry Jeudy WR52.

Jerry Jeudy had 53 more targets than Jalen Nailor, 106 to 53.

Jerry Jeudy had 158 more receiving yards than Jalen Nailor, 602 to 444.

This season Jerry Jeudy holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 54 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 10 percent each.

Byes and availability

Jalen Nailor is off in Week 13 and Jerry Jeudy in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.