Should I start Jordan Addison or Sam Darnold in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Addison, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sam Darnold, and the board ranks him 212th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 26.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jordan Addison is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

The market-based projection for Sam Darnold is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Jordan Addison has been on the field for 91 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.

Through Week 8, Sam Darnold has been on the field for 89 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 235 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 45 of 235 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 6 against DEN he completed 27 of 49 passes for 278 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 19 yards.

In Week 7 against KC he completed 20 of 28 passes for 257 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 17 yards.

In Week 8 against CHI he completed 17 of 34 passes for 188 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 20 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Sam Darnold played 17 games and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.

He threw for 4048 yards on 477 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 28.1 attempts a game at 9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Sam Darnold was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Sam Darnold scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Jordan Addison 9.7, 5.0 a game between them.

Jordan Addison finished WR45 and Sam Darnold QB13, which are two different ladders.

Jordan Addison is a wide receiver and Sam Darnold a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jordan Addison is off in Week 6 and Sam Darnold in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.