Start Ja'Marr Chase or CeeDee Lamb? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Ja'Marr Chase over CeeDee Lamb in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Ja'Marr Chase at 18.5 points and CeeDee Lamb at 18.6, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Ja'Marr Chase still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 4 against 11, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for CeeDee Lamb this week yet, so his 18.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (18.3, 17.7 and 19.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for CeeDee Lamb yet. His market-based projections were 18.3, 17.7 and 19.9 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 18.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for CeeDee Lamb is 0.8 touchdowns (5 market sources).

Player markets imply 18.5 fantasy points for Ja'Marr Chase, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ja'Marr Chase is 77 receiving yards, 6-7 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (7, 7 and 7 market sources).

That puts CeeDee Lamb 0.1 points ahead of Ja'Marr Chase on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

CeeDee Lamb and DAL visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 142 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND.

Ja'Marr Chase and CIN visit ATL on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

ATL allowed 34.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 11th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 170 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ATL.

By points allowed to the position, Ja'Marr Chase has the softer matchup.

Injury status

CeeDee Lamb is not on the injury report.

Ja'Marr Chase is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, CeeDee Lamb played 79 percent of DAL snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 39 percent of the air yards and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

CeeDee Lamb, Week 5 against TB: 34 of 60 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

CeeDee Lamb, Week 6 against GB: 69 of 78 snaps, 18 targets and 9 catches for 70 yards.

CeeDee Lamb, Week 7 against PHI: 55 of 68 snaps, 12 targets and 5 catches for 74 yards, 2 touchdowns.

CeeDee Lamb, Week 8 against ARI: 11 targets and 7 catches for 58 yards.

Through Week 8, Ja'Marr Chase played 77 percent of CIN snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 4 against JAX: 15 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 5 against MIA: 58 of 65 snaps, 10 targets and 6 catches for 77 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 7 against BAL: 46 of 53 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 8 against TEN: 16 targets and 11 catches for 141 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, CeeDee Lamb played 14 games for DAL and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 754 air yards.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games for CIN and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets and 772 air yards.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over CeeDee Lamb.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Chris Olave.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Drake London.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Ja'Marr Chase.
• Start Ja'Marr Chase over Chris Olave.
• Start Ja'Marr Chase over Drake London.