Start Brenton Strange or Tyler Warren? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Tyler Warren over Brenton Strange in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Tyler Warren at 11.5 points and Brenton Strange at 9.0, a gap of 2.5. No player market is posted for Tyler Warren this week yet, so his 11.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (13.0 and 10.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Tyler Warren at ADP 67 and Brenton Strange at 202.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Tyler Warren yet. His market-based projections were 13.0 and 10.1 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 11.5, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

Player markets imply 9.0 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 Tyler Warren 2.5 points ahead of Brenton Strange on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Tyler Warren and IND host DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DAL allowed 13.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 51 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against DAL.

Brenton Strange and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 13.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 47 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against BAL.

By points allowed to the position, Tyler Warren has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tyler Warren is not on the injury report.

Brenton Strange is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Tyler Warren played 88 percent of IND snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Warren, Week 3 against HOU: 67 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 10 targets and 9 catches for 55 yards.

Tyler Warren, Week 4 against WAS: 56 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 41 yards.

Tyler Warren, Week 5 against PIT: 67 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 9 targets and 7 catches for 83 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tyler Warren, Week 8 against JAX: 44 of 61 snaps, 10 targets and 4 catches for 18 yards.

Through Week 8, Brenton Strange played 75 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: 28 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 55 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tyler Warren played 17 games for IND and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets and 343 air yards.

He was on the field for 84 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

• Start Brock Bowers over Tyler Warren.
• Start Tyler Warren over Colston Loveland.
• Start Tyler Warren over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Brenton Strange over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Cade Otton.
• Start Brenton Strange over Chig Okonkwo.