Should I start Rome Odunze or Kendrick Bourne in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rome Odunze, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendrick Bourne, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Rome Odunze, 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 so far

Through Week 7, Rome Odunze has been on the field for 85 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 2 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 13.3 air yards.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 3 of 9 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Kendrick Bourne has been on the field for 58 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 Rome Odunze played 12 games and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 15.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 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 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rome Odunze scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Kendrick Bourne 5.8, 6.4 a game between them.

Rome Odunze finished WR41 that year and Kendrick Bourne WR68.

Rome Odunze had 37 more targets than Kendrick Bourne, 90 to 53.

Rome Odunze had 110 more receiving yards than Kendrick Bourne, 661 to 551.

This season Rome Odunze holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 58 percent.

This season Rome Odunze holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Rome Odunze is off in Week 10 and Kendrick Bourne in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kendrick Bourne is listed as out on the injury report.