Start Brock Bowers or Tyler Warren? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Brock Bowers over Tyler Warren in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Brock Bowers at 17.4 points and Tyler Warren at 11.5, a gap of 5.9. 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 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 Brock Bowers at ADP 49 and Tyler Warren at 67.

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 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.

That puts Brock Bowers 5.9 points ahead of Tyler Warren 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 10th fewest in the league.

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

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.

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

Injury status

Brock Bowers is not on the injury report.

Tyler Warren 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: 54 of 63 snaps, 10 targets and 7 catches for 92 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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.

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, 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.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start Brock Bowers over George Kittle.
• Start Tyler Warren over Brenton Strange.
• Start Tyler Warren over Colston Loveland.
• Start Tyler Warren over Dallas Goedert.