Should I start Josh Downs or Jordan Addison in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Addison, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Josh Downs is 1.8 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 Jordan Addison is 1.7 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.

Josh Downs's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Josh Downs has been on the field for 82 percent of IND snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 4 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Jordan Addison has been on the field for 90 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 15.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 1 time for -1 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 52 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DET he caught 3 of 8 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jordan Addison played 14 games and scored 135.1 PPR points, 9.7 a game, finishing WR45.

He caught 42 of 79 targets for 610 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 15 yards a catch.

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

Josh Downs was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jordan Addison scored 9.7 PPR points a game and Josh Downs 8.5, 1.1 a game between them.

Josh Downs finished WR44 that year and Jordan Addison WR45.

Josh Downs had 9 more targets than Jordan Addison, 88 to 79.

Jordan Addison had 44 more receiving yards than Josh Downs, 610 to 566.

This season Jordan Addison holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 82 percent.

This season Jordan Addison holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Josh Downs is off in Week 13 and Jordan Addison in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.