Start Brenton Strange or Harold Fannin Jr.? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Brenton Strange in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Harold Fannin Jr. at 9.0 points and Brenton Strange at 8.9, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Harold Fannin Jr. this week yet, so his 9.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (10.0, 8.3 and 8.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Harold Fannin Jr. at ADP 73 and Brenton Strange at 202.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Harold Fannin Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 10.0, 8.3 and 8.5 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 9.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Harold Fannin Jr. is 0.4 touchdowns (5 market sources).

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, 10 and 11 market sources).

That puts Harold Fannin Jr. 0.1 points ahead of Brenton Strange on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Harold Fannin Jr. and CLE visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NO allowed 17.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 6th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 68 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against NO.

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, Harold Fannin Jr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Harold Fannin Jr. is not on the injury report.

Brenton Strange is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Harold Fannin Jr. played 83 percent of CLE snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 7 against TEN: 58 of 70 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 91 yards.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 8 against PIT: 12 targets and 10 catches for 154 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, Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games for CLE and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 379 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against PIT: 12 of 52 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 30 yards, 1 touchdown, 11.0 PPR points.

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

• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over AJ Barner.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Cade Otton.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Brenton Strange over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Cade Otton.
• Start Brenton Strange over Chig Okonkwo.