Should I start Lamar Jackson or Kendrick Bourne in Week 9?
Updated Nov 4, 7:16 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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- : Kendrick Bourne: Out to IR (Lower Leg, Fracture) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Fantasy buzz: Minshew takes over in Arizona; Lamar Jackson on IR (ESPN)
- : Kendrick Bourne: Questionable to Out (Ankle, Sprain) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Lamar Jackson: 55 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kendrick Bourne's 47 percent of the snaps and 13 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
QB6 · BAL · bye 13
2026 vs pass yds line 3-2
- Market-based projection
- 19.2 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 69
WR34 · ARI · bye 14
2026 vs anytime td line 0-8
- Market-based projection
- 8.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 70
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Lamar Jackson, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendrick Bourne, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Lamar Jackson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Kendrick Bourne, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 73 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 112 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 112 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.
In Week 3 against DAL he completed 15 of 20 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 50 yards.
In Week 4 against TEN he completed 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 20 yards.
In Week 8 against BUF he completed 0 of 1 pass for 0 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
Through Week 8, Kendrick Bourne has been on the field for 54 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 16 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 1 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 57 two minute targets.
His 38 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.
In Week 6 against LAR he caught 5 of 8 targets for 47 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against DEN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 9 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against DAL he caught 1 of 2 targets for 29 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Lamar Jackson played 13 games and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.
He threw for 2549 yards on 302 attempts with 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 23.2 attempts a game at 8.4 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 92 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Kendrick Bourne played 16 games and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.
He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.
That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Kendrick Bourne was available for 3 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Kendrick Bourne 5.8, 11.3 a game between them.
Lamar Jackson finished QB20 and Kendrick Bourne WR68, which are two different ladders.
Lamar Jackson is a quarterback and Kendrick Bourne a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Lamar Jackson is off in Week 13 and Kendrick Bourne in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.
Lamar Jackson is listed as out on the injury report.
Kendrick Bourne is listed as ir on the injury report.
Both players in full
Week 9 on the board
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