Start Brenton Strange or Dallas Goedert? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 3:36 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Dallas Goedert over Brenton Strange
- Market projects
- 10.8
- recent weeks avg
- NYG D vs TE
- 12.5
- 16th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 67%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 17%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 8.9
- fantasy pts
- BAL D vs TE
- 12.3
- 13th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 79%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 18%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Dallas Goedert for Brenton Strange?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Brenton Strange projects 79 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.8 a game over 9 games), Dallas Goedert 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dallas Goedert over Brenton Strange. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Dallas Goedert over Brenton Strange in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Dallas Goedert at 10.8 points and Brenton Strange at 8.9, a gap of 2.0. No player market is posted for Dallas Goedert this week yet, so his 10.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (8.8, 12.7 and 11.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Dallas Goedert at ADP 121 and Brenton Strange at 202.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Dallas Goedert yet. His market-based projections were 8.8, 12.7 and 11.0 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 10.9, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
Player markets imply 8.9 fantasy points for Brenton Strange, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
The market-based projection for Brenton Strange is 35 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 11 and 11 market sources).
That puts Dallas Goedert 2.0 points ahead of Brenton Strange on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Dallas Goedert and PHI host NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
NYG allowed 12.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 16th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 45 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against NYG.
Brenton Strange and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.
BAL allowed 12.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 13th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 39 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against BAL.
By points allowed to the position, Dallas Goedert has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Dallas Goedert is not on the injury report.
Brenton Strange is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Dallas Goedert played 67 percent of PHI snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
Dallas Goedert, Week 5 against JAX: 43 of 62 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 38 yards.
Dallas Goedert, Week 6 against CAR: 52 of 64 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 61 yards.
Dallas Goedert, Week 7 against DAL: 48 of 62 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 48 yards.
Dallas Goedert, Week 8 against WAS: 1 carry for 2 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 30 yards.
Through Week 8, Brenton Strange played 79 percent of JAX snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.
Brenton Strange, Week 4 against CIN: 53 of 61 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 95 yards.
Brenton Strange, Week 5 against PHI: 58 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 68 yards.
Brenton Strange, Week 6 against HOU: 54 of 71 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards.
Brenton Strange, Week 8 against IND: 2 targets and 2 catches for 55 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Dallas Goedert played 15 games for PHI and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.
He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 357 air yards.
He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Brenton Strange played 12 games for JAX and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.
He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 293 air yards.
He was on the field for 76 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 Dallas Goedert for Brenton Strange?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Brenton Strange projects 79 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.8 a game over 9 games), Dallas Goedert 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dallas Goedert over Brenton Strange. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Brenton Strange for Dallas Goedert?
No. Keep Brenton Strange: he projects 79 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.8 a game over 9 games), Dallas Goedert 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dallas Goedert over Brenton Strange.
Should I drop Brenton Strange?
Week 9 on the board
- Is Brenton Strange playing Week 9?
- Is Dallas Goedert playing Week 9?
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