Start Brock Bowers or Travis Kelce? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Brock Bowers over Travis Kelce in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Brock Bowers at 17.4 points and Travis Kelce at 11.6, a gap of 5.8. No player market is posted for Brock Bowers this week yet, so his 17.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (19.0, 17.2 and 16.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Travis Kelce this week yet, so his 11.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (12.7, 11.1 and 10.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Brock Bowers at ADP 49 and Travis Kelce at 113.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Brock Bowers yet. His market-based projections were 19.0, 17.2 and 16.0 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 17.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 0-1 touchdowns (5 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Travis Kelce yet. His market-based projections were 12.7, 11.1 and 10.9 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 11.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Travis Kelce is 0.4 touchdowns (5 market sources).

That puts Brock Bowers 5.8 points ahead of Travis Kelce on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Brock Bowers and LV visit SF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

SF allowed 12.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 44 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against SF.

Travis Kelce and KC host NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 10.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 48 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

By points allowed to the position, Brock Bowers has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brock Bowers is not on the injury report.

Travis Kelce is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Brock Bowers played 83 percent of LV snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Brock Bowers, Week 5 against NE: 42 of 60 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 110 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 6 against BUF: 65 of 66 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 70 yards.

Brock Bowers, Week 7 against LAR: 57 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 73 yards.

Brock Bowers, Week 8 against NYJ: 10 targets and 7 catches for 92 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 8, Travis Kelce played 78 percent of KC snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Travis Kelce, Week 4 against LV: 50 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

Travis Kelce, Week 6 against LAC: 40 of 61 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 53 yards.

Travis Kelce, Week 7 against SEA: 44 of 53 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 44 yards.

Travis Kelce, Week 8 against DEN: 7 targets and 5 catches for 67 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brock Bowers played 12 games for LV and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets and 375 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Travis Kelce played 17 games for KC and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 428 air yards.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start Brock Bowers over George Kittle.
• Start Colston Loveland over Travis Kelce.
• Start Travis Kelce over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Travis Kelce over Dalton Kincaid.