Start Drake London or Amon-Ra St. Brown? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Drake London in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Amon-Ra St. Brown at 19.4 points and Drake London at 16.8, a gap of 2.6. No player market is posted for Amon-Ra St. Brown this week yet, so his 19.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (20.0 and 18.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Amon-Ra St. Brown at ADP 7 and Drake London at 13.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Amon-Ra St. Brown yet. His market-based projections were 20.0 and 18.7 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 19.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Amon-Ra St. Brown is 0.8 touchdowns (5 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.8 fantasy points for Drake London, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Drake London is 79 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (7, 7 and 7 market sources).

That puts Amon-Ra St. Brown 2.6 points ahead of Drake London on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Amon-Ra St. Brown and DET visit MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 23.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 116 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIA.

Drake London and ATL host CIN on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

CIN allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 15th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 138 yards and a touchdown a game against CIN.

By points allowed to the position, Drake London has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Amon-Ra St. Brown is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Drake London is listed as questionable with a head injury.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Amon-Ra St. Brown played 87 percent of DET snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 4 against CAR: 68 of 71 snaps, 11 targets and 8 catches for 75 yards.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 5 against ARI: 57 of 66 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 69 yards.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 7 against GB: 53 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for -1 yards, 11 targets and 9 catches for 153 yards.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 8 against MIN: 1 carry for 10 yards, 8 targets and 7 catches for 46 yards.

Through Week 8, Drake London played 88 percent of ATL snaps, drew 29 percent of the targets, earned 42 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Drake London, Week 5 against BAL: 63 of 64 snaps, 11 targets and 7 catches for 118 yards.

Drake London, Week 6 against CHI: 55 of 55 snaps, 10 targets and 4 catches for 62 yards.

Drake London, Week 7 against SF: 55 of 69 snaps, 10 targets and 7 catches for 66 yards, 1 touchdown.

Drake London, Week 8 against TB: 6 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games for DET and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets and 831 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Drake London played 12 games for ATL and scored 201.9 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR19.

He caught 68 of 112 targets for 919 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 690 air yards.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over CeeDee Lamb.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Chris Olave.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Ja'Marr Chase.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Drake London.
• Start Drake London over Chris Olave.
• Start Drake London over Garrett Wilson.