Start Chase Brown or Jahmyr Gibbs? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Chase Brown in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Jahmyr Gibbs at 24.4 points and Chase Brown at 15.4, a gap of 9.0. No player market is posted for Jahmyr Gibbs this week yet, so his 24.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (25.9 and 23.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Jahmyr Gibbs at ADP 1 and Chase Brown at 16.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.4 fantasy points for Chase Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Chase Brown is 54 rushing yards, 20 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.8 touchdowns (13, 13, 11 and 11 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Jahmyr Gibbs yet. His market-based projections were 25.9 and 23.0 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 24.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Jahmyr Gibbs is 1.4 touchdowns (8 market sources).

That puts Jahmyr Gibbs 9.0 points ahead of Chase Brown on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Chase Brown and CIN visit ATL on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

ATL allowed 25.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 5th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 110 yards and a touchdown a game against ATL and caught passes for 34 more yards.

Jahmyr Gibbs and DET visit MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 25.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 8th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 106 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against MIA and caught passes for 41 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Chase Brown has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Chase Brown is not on the injury report.

Jahmyr Gibbs is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Chase Brown played 71 percent of CIN snaps, took 63 percent of the carries, drew 16 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Chase Brown, Week 4 against JAX: 60 of 76 snaps, 9 carries for 10 yards, 11 targets and 11 catches for 71 yards.

Chase Brown, Week 5 against MIA: 39 of 65 snaps, 13 carries for 39 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 21 yards.

Chase Brown, Week 7 against BAL: 40 of 53 snaps, 11 carries for 39 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 19 yards.

Chase Brown, Week 8 against TEN: 51 of 74 snaps, 12 carries for 55 yards, 9 targets and 8 catches for 46 yards.

Through Week 8, Jahmyr Gibbs played 79 percent of DET snaps, took 80 percent of the carries, drew 18 percent of the targets and had 51 percent of the red zone chances.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 4 against CAR: 62 of 71 snaps, 15 carries for 46 yards, 7 targets and 4 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 5 against ARI: 46 of 66 snaps, 25 carries for 151 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 56 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 7 against GB: 61 of 68 snaps, 29 carries for 116 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 8 against MIN: 55 of 72 snaps, 23 carries for 153 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Chase Brown played 17 games for CIN and scored 282.6 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing RB7.

He ran 232 times for 1019 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 69 of 88 targets for 437 yards.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jahmyr Gibbs played 17 games for DET and scored 366.9 PPR points, 21.6 a game, finishing RB3.

He ran 243 times for 1223 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 77 of 94 targets for 616 yards.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Chase Brown over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Chase Brown over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Chase Brown.
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Bijan Robinson.
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Christian McCaffrey.
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over D'Andre Swift.