Start Caleb Douglas or Ryan Flournoy? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Ryan Flournoy over Caleb Douglas in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Ryan Flournoy at 9.2 points and Caleb Douglas at 8.3, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Ryan Flournoy at ADP 220 and Caleb Douglas at 215.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.2 fantasy points for Ryan Flournoy, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ryan Flournoy is 35 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (8, 8 and 8 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.3 fantasy points for Caleb Douglas, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Caleb Douglas is 39 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 11 and 12 market sources).

That puts Ryan Flournoy 0.9 points ahead of Caleb Douglas on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Ryan Flournoy and DAL visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 27.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against IND.

Caleb Douglas and MIA host DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DET allowed 37.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 176 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against DET.

By points allowed to the position, Caleb Douglas has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Ryan Flournoy is not on the injury report.

Caleb Douglas is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Ryan Flournoy played 74 percent of DAL snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 5 against TB: 41 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 90 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 6 against GB: 68 of 78 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 7 against PHI: 53 of 68 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 70 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 8 against ARI: 50 of 74 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 38 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Caleb Douglas played 82 percent of MIA snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Caleb Douglas, Week 1 against LV: 51 of 56 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 94 yards.

Caleb Douglas, Week 2 against SF: 51 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Caleb Douglas, Week 7 against NYJ: 44 of 65 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 70 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Caleb Douglas, Week 8 against NE: 56 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Ryan Flournoy played 16 games for DAL and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 271 air yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Ryan Flournoy.
• Start Ryan Flournoy over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Ryan Flournoy.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Caleb Douglas.
• Start Caleb Douglas over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Caleb Douglas.