Should I start Tank Dell or Tim Patrick in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tank Dell, and the board ranks him 191st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tim Patrick, and the board ranks him 196th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tank Dell is 0.7 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 Tim Patrick is 0.3 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Tank Dell has been on the field for 23 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 17.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against NYG he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 43 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Tim Patrick has been on the field for 60 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for Tank Dell in the last completed season.

In 2025 Tim Patrick played 16 games and scored 51.7 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing WR107.

He caught 15 of 24 targets for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 1-2 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 31 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Tim Patrick holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 23 percent.

This season Tim Patrick holds the bigger target share, 7 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Tank Dell is off in Week 8 and Tim Patrick in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tim Patrick is listed as out on the injury report.