Start Jake Ferguson or Charlie Kolar? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 5:21 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Latest
- : Jake Ferguson: Questionable to Out (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Jake Ferguson: Listed Questionable (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Charlie Kolar over Jake Ferguson
Jake Ferguson is listed out, so Charlie Kolar starts despite the lower projection.
- Market projects
- 5.5
- recent weeks avg
- HOU D vs TE
- 10.1
- 4th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 65%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 12%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 6.3
- recent weeks avg
- IND D vs TE
- 13.7
- 13th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 66%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 9%
- Through Week 7
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Our Week 9 call
Start Charlie Kolar over Jake Ferguson in Week 9.
Jake Ferguson is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Charlie Kolar.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Jake Ferguson yet. His market-based projections were 7.6, 6.1 and 5.1 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 6.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Charlie Kolar yet. His market-based projections were 5.8 and 5.3 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 5.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Jake Ferguson 0.7 points ahead of Charlie Kolar on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Jake Ferguson and DAL visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
IND allowed 13.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 13th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 45 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND.
Charlie Kolar and LAC host HOU on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.
HOU allowed 10.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 4th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against HOU.
By points allowed to the position, Jake Ferguson has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jake Ferguson is listed as out with a ankle injury.
Charlie Kolar is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 7, Jake Ferguson played 66 percent of DAL snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
Jake Ferguson, Week 4 against HOU: 55 of 78 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 11 yards.
Jake Ferguson, Week 5 against TB: 50 of 60 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.
Jake Ferguson, Week 6 against GB: 42 of 78 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.
Jake Ferguson, Week 7 against PHI: 38 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Through Week 8, Charlie Kolar played 65 percent of LAC snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
Charlie Kolar, Week 2 against LV: 42 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 21 yards.
Charlie Kolar, Week 5 against DEN: 51 of 67 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.
Charlie Kolar, Week 6 against KC: 45 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.
Charlie Kolar, Week 8 against LAR: 4 targets and 1 catch for 20 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jake Ferguson played 17 games for DAL and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.
He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets and 293 air yards.
He was on the field for 67 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Charlie Kolar played 17 games for BAL and scored 36.2 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing TE62.
He caught 10 of 15 targets for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 90 air yards.
He was on the field for 40 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Jake Ferguson playing Week 9?
- Is Charlie Kolar playing Week 9?
- Cowboys depth chart
- Chargers depth chart
- Week 9 TE rankings
- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings