Should I start Josh Downs or Tre' Harris 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 Tre' Harris, and the board ranks him 152nd 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 Tre' Harris is 1.5 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.

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, Tre' Harris has been on the field for 71 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 10.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against SEA he caught 3 of 5 targets for 60 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he caught 3 of 3 targets for 31 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 Tre' Harris played 17 games and scored 69.4 PPR points, 4.1 a game, finishing WR90.

He caught 30 of 43 targets for 324 yards and 1 touchdown, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2-3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tre' Harris was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Josh Downs scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Tre' Harris 4.1, 4.4 a game between them.

Josh Downs finished WR44 that year and Tre' Harris WR90.

Josh Downs had 45 more targets than Tre' Harris, 88 to 43.

Josh Downs had 242 more receiving yards than Tre' Harris, 566 to 324.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 71 percent.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Josh Downs is off in Week 13 and Tre' Harris in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.