Start Chase Brown or Bhayshul Tuten? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Chase Brown over Bhayshul Tuten in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Chase Brown at 16.3 points and Bhayshul Tuten at 14.1, a gap of 2.1. Drafters take Chase Brown at ADP 16 and Bhayshul Tuten at 53.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.3 fantasy points for Chase Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Chase Brown is 55 rushing yards, 20 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.9 touchdowns (8, 8, 8 and 7 market sources).

Player markets imply 14.1 fantasy points for Bhayshul Tuten, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bhayshul Tuten is 67 rushing yards, 13 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (8, 5, 6 and 11 market sources).

That puts Chase Brown 2.1 points ahead of Bhayshul Tuten on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Chase Brown and CIN visit ATL on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

ATL allowed 25.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 5th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 110 yards and a touchdown a game against ATL and caught passes for 34 more yards.

Bhayshul Tuten and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 19.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 82 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against BAL and caught passes for 18 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Chase Brown has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Chase Brown is not on the injury report.

Bhayshul Tuten is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Chase Brown played 71 percent of CIN snaps, took 63 percent of the carries, drew 16 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Chase Brown, Week 4 against JAX: 60 of 76 snaps, 9 carries for 10 yards, 11 targets and 11 catches for 71 yards.

Chase Brown, Week 5 against MIA: 39 of 65 snaps, 13 carries for 39 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 21 yards.

Chase Brown, Week 7 against BAL: 40 of 53 snaps, 11 carries for 39 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 19 yards.

Chase Brown, Week 8 against TEN: 51 of 74 snaps, 12 carries for 55 yards, 9 targets and 8 catches for 46 yards.

Through Week 8, Bhayshul Tuten played 55 percent of JAX snaps, took 57 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 4 against CIN: 36 of 61 snaps, 17 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 5 against PHI: 49 of 72 snaps, 22 carries for 72 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 6 against HOU: 41 of 71 snaps, 12 carries for 39 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 48 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 8 against IND: 27 of 54 snaps, 16 carries for 104 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 55 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Chase Brown played 17 games for CIN and scored 282.6 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing RB7.

He ran 232 times for 1019 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 69 of 88 targets for 437 yards.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games for JAX and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He ran 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 yards.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Chase Brown over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Chase Brown.
• Start Chase Brown over Braelon Allen.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.