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Start Dohnte Meyers or Brian Thomas Jr.? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 12:21 PM ET.

Early kickoff: 9:30 AM ET in Madrid, set your lineup before then.

Start Dohnte Meyers over Brian Thomas Jr.

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Dohnte Meyers

WR · CIN · at ATL

Market projects
4.4
fantasy pts
ATL D vs WR
30.1
15th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
40 of 100 at WR
Snap share
45%
Through Week 8
Target share
9%
Through Week 8
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Brian Thomas Jr.

WR · JAX · at BAL

Market projects
3.5
fantasy pts
BAL D vs WR
35.0
8th most to WRs (2026)
Upside
Rising
66 of 100 at WR
Snap share
52%
Through Week 8
Target share
12%
Through Week 8

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Our Week 9 call

Start Dohnte Meyers over Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Dohnte Meyers at 4.4 points and Brian Thomas Jr. at 3.5, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.5 fantasy points for Brian Thomas Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Brian Thomas Jr. is 11 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (11, 10 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.4 fantasy points for Dohnte Meyers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dohnte Meyers is 17 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (5, 4 and 11 market sources).

That puts Dohnte Meyers 0.9 points ahead of Brian Thomas Jr. on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Brian Thomas Jr. and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 35.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 8th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 178 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against BAL.

Dohnte Meyers and CIN visit ATL on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

ATL allowed 30.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 149 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against ATL.

By points allowed to the position, Brian Thomas Jr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.

Dohnte Meyers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Brian Thomas Jr. played 52 percent of JAX snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

Brian Thomas Jr., Week 8 against IND: 28 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Dohnte Meyers played 45 percent of CIN snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 4 against JAX: 68 of 76 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 82 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 5 against MIA: 19 of 65 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 7 against BAL: 20 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 8 against TEN: 44 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 34 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brian Thomas Jr. played 14 games for JAX and scored 138.8 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing WR42.

He caught 48 of 91 targets for 707 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 548 air yards.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Brian Thomas Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against TEN: 5 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards, 7.9 PPR points.

Brian Thomas Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against IND: 54 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 39 yards, 7.9 PPR points.

Their other Week 9 calls

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