Start Brock Purdy or Malik Willis? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Brock Purdy over Malik Willis in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Brock Purdy at 21.8 points and Malik Willis at 18.0, a gap of 3.8. Drafters take Brock Purdy at ADP 86 and Malik Willis at 197.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 21.8 fantasy points for Brock Purdy, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Brock Purdy is 246 passing yards, 2-3 passing touchdowns, 15 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (12, 13, 10 and 9 market sources).

Player markets imply 18.0 fantasy points for Malik Willis, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Malik Willis is 208 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 30 rushing yards and 0.4 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Brock Purdy 3.8 points ahead of Malik Willis on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Brock Purdy and SF host LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 20.6 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 5th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 251 yards and 2.3 touchdowns a game against LV, with 0.8 interceptions a game.

Malik Willis and MIA host DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DET allowed 25.5 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 298 yards and 2.6 touchdowns a game against DET, with 0.7 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Malik Willis has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brock Purdy is not on the injury report.

Malik Willis is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, Brock Purdy played 98 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 231 times and threw an average of 7.9 air yards per attempt.

Brock Purdy, Week 4 against DEN: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 218 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 31 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 5 against SEA: 60 of 60 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 189 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 8 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 6 against WAS: 62 of 62 snaps, 21 of 29 passes for 264 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 28 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 7 against ATL: 66 of 66 snaps, 27 of 39 passes for 288 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 5 yards.

Through Week 8, Malik Willis played 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 225 times and threw an average of 9.4 air yards per attempt.

Malik Willis, Week 4 against MIN: 39 of 39 snaps, 9 of 17 passes for 85 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 11 yards.

Malik Willis, Week 5 against CIN: 66 of 66 snaps, 15 of 26 passes for 137 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 8 carries for 74 yards.

Malik Willis, Week 7 against NYJ: 65 of 65 snaps, 14 of 21 passes for 208 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 6 carries for 39 yards.

Malik Willis, Week 8 against NE: 65 of 65 snaps, 21 of 32 passes for 211 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 2 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brock Purdy played 9 games for SF and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.

He completed 197 of 284 passes for 2167 yards, 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 33 times for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Malik Willis played 4 games for GB and scored 51.2 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing QB45.

He completed 30 of 35 passes for 422 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran 22 times for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Brock Purdy over Caleb Williams.
• Start Brock Purdy over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Dak Prescott over Brock Purdy.
• Start Malik Willis over Baker Mayfield.
• Start Malik Willis over Bo Nix.
• Start Malik Willis over Bryce Young.