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Should I start Tim Patrick or Wan'Dale Robinson in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 6:16 AM ET.

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Start Wan'Dale Robinson: 65 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Tim Patrick's 60 percent of the snaps and 7 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.

Should I drop Tim Patrick for Wan'Dale Robinson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Wan'Dale Robinson projects 72 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 8 games), Tim Patrick 5 (0.6 a game over 8 games). Tim Patrick is listed out.

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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.

WR82 · NYJ · bye 13

2025 vs anytime td line 3-13

Overall rank
196

WR83 · TEN · on bye this week

2026 vs anytime td line 3-5

Market-based projection
11.6 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
208

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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 Tim Patrick, and the board ranks him 196th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Wan'Dale Robinson, and the board ranks him 208th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

No season market is posted for Wan'Dale Robinson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 8, Wan'Dale Robinson has been on the field for 66 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 50 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 3 of 7 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CIN he caught 6 of 7 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Wan'Dale Robinson played 16 games and scored 217.9 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing WR14.

He caught 92 of 140 targets for 1014 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Wan'Dale Robinson scored 13.6 PPR points a game and Tim Patrick 3.2, 10.4 a game between them.

Tim Patrick finished WR107 that year and Wan'Dale Robinson WR14.

Wan'Dale Robinson had 116 more targets than Tim Patrick, 140 to 24.

Wan'Dale Robinson had 827 more receiving yards than Tim Patrick, 1014 to 187.

This season Wan'Dale Robinson holds the bigger snap share, 66 percent against 60 percent.

This season Wan'Dale Robinson holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Tim Patrick is off in Week 13 and Wan'Dale Robinson in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tim Patrick is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Tim Patrick for Wan'Dale Robinson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Wan'Dale Robinson projects 72 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 8 games), Tim Patrick 5 (0.6 a game over 8 games). Tim Patrick is listed out.

  • Should I drop Wan'Dale Robinson for Tim Patrick?

    No. Keep Wan'Dale Robinson: he projects 72 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 8 games), Tim Patrick 5 (0.6 a game over 8 games). Tim Patrick is listed out.

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