Start Jacoby Brissett or Bo Nix? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 3:36 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Bo Nix over Jacoby Brissett
Nix projects lower, 15.6 to 16.0, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 116 for Nix, 229 for Brissett.
- Market projects
- 15.6
- recent weeks avg
- CAR D vs QB
- 16.6
- 13th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 16.0
- recent weeks avg
- SEA D vs QB
- 11.6
- 2nd fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Jacoby Brissett for Bo Nix?
Not on these numbers alone. Jacoby Brissett projects 125 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.6 a game over 8 games) and Bo Nix 130 (16.2 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Bo Nix over Jacoby Brissett.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Bo Nix over Jacoby Brissett in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Bo Nix at 15.6 points and Jacoby Brissett at 16.0, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Bo Nix still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 116 against 229, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Bo Nix this week yet, so his 15.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (14.9, 16.3 and 15.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Jacoby Brissett this week yet, so his 16.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (15.7, 15.2 and 17.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Jacoby Brissett yet. His market-based projections were 15.7, 15.2 and 17.1 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 16.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Bo Nix yet. His market-based projections were 14.9, 16.3 and 15.7 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 15.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Jacoby Brissett 0.4 points ahead of Bo Nix on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Jacoby Brissett and ARI visit SEA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
SEA allowed 11.6 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 158 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against SEA, with 1.1 interceptions a game.
Bo Nix and DEN visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CAR allowed 16.6 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 6 games, the 13th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 208 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against CAR, with 0.5 interceptions a game.
By points allowed to the position, Bo Nix has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jacoby Brissett is not on the injury report.
Bo Nix is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Jacoby Brissett played 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 331 times and threw an average of 7.2 air yards per attempt.
Jacoby Brissett, Week 5 against DET: 73 of 73 snaps, 29 of 46 passes for 292 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 19 yards.
Jacoby Brissett, Week 6 against LAR: 72 of 72 snaps, 24 of 35 passes for 218 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 2 yards.
Jacoby Brissett, Week 7 against DEN: 81 of 81 snaps, 27 of 48 passes for 272 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 7 carries for 16 yards.
Jacoby Brissett, Week 8 against DAL: 10 of 23 passes for 119 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 7 yards.
Through Week 8, Bo Nix played 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 268 times and threw an average of 5.4 air yards per attempt.
Bo Nix, Week 5 against LAC: 62 of 62 snaps, 16 of 27 passes for 123 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 10 yards.
Bo Nix, Week 6 against SEA: 60 of 60 snaps, 17 of 27 passes for 107 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 3 yards.
Bo Nix, Week 7 against ARI: 61 of 61 snaps, 15 of 29 passes for 222 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 75 yards.
Bo Nix, Week 8 against KC: 20 of 32 passes for 222 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 5 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jacoby Brissett played 14 games for ARI and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.
He completed 315 of 485 passes for 3366 yards, 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 38 times for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.
He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Bo Nix played 17 games for DEN and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.
He completed 388 of 612 passes for 3931 yards, 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 83 times for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 100 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Jacoby Brissett for Bo Nix?
Not on these numbers alone. Jacoby Brissett projects 125 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.6 a game over 8 games) and Bo Nix 130 (16.2 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Bo Nix over Jacoby Brissett.
Should I drop Bo Nix for Jacoby Brissett?
Not on these numbers alone. Bo Nix projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.2 a game over 8 games) and Jacoby Brissett 125 (15.6 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Bo Nix over Jacoby Brissett.
Week 8 on the board
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