Start Tre Tucker or Caleb Douglas? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Tre Tucker over Caleb Douglas in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Tre Tucker at 9.4 points and Caleb Douglas at 8.3, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Tre Tucker at ADP 136 and Caleb Douglas at 215.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.4 fantasy points for Tre Tucker, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tre Tucker is 44 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (10, 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 Tre Tucker 1.1 points ahead of Caleb Douglas on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Tre Tucker and LV visit SF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

SF allowed 29.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against SF.

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

Tre Tucker is not on the injury report.

Caleb Douglas is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Tre Tucker played 67 percent of LV snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Tre Tucker, Week 5 against NE: 45 of 60 snaps, 2 carries for -6 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 41 yards.

Tre Tucker, Week 6 against BUF: 46 of 66 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 97 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Tre Tucker, Week 7 against LAR: 56 of 68 snaps, 12 targets and 5 catches for 103 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tre Tucker, Week 8 against NYJ: 34 of 63 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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, Tre Tucker played 17 games for LV and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 405 air yards.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Tre Tucker.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Tre Tucker.
• Start Tre Tucker over Darius Cooper.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Caleb Douglas.
• Start Caleb Douglas over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Caleb Douglas.