Start Corey Kiner or Isaiah Davis? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Corey Kiner over Isaiah Davis in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Corey Kiner at 4.4 points and Isaiah Davis at 2.8, a gap of 1.6. No player market is posted for Corey Kiner this week yet, so his 4.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (3.2, 3.3 and 6.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Isaiah Davis this week yet, so his 2.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (1.9 and 3.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Corey Kiner yet. His market-based projections were 3.2, 3.3 and 6.6 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 4.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 0.3 touchdowns (6 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Isaiah Davis yet. His market-based projections were 1.9 and 3.7 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 2.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Corey Kiner 1.6 points ahead of Isaiah Davis on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Corey Kiner and NE host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

GB allowed 25.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 6th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 95 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against GB and caught passes for 33 more yards.

Isaiah Davis and NYJ visit KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

KC allowed 19.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 72 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC and caught passes for 37 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Corey Kiner has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Corey Kiner is not on the injury report.

Isaiah Davis is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Corey Kiner played 12 percent of NE snaps, took 18 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Corey Kiner, Week 5 against LV: 15 of 75 snaps, 6 carries for 52 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 6 against NYJ: 12 of 68 snaps, 11 carries for 57 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 7 against CHI: 6 of 54 snaps, 4 carries for 13 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 8 against MIA: 7 carries for 38 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 8, Isaiah Davis played 15 percent of NYJ snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Davis, Week 5 against CLE: 10 of 70 snaps, 2 carries for 8 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 6 against NE: 8 of 62 snaps, 7 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 10 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 7 against MIA: 13 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 8 against LV: 5 carries for 15 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Corey Kiner played 4 games for ARI and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.

He ran 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Isaiah Davis played 16 games for NYJ and scored 71.2 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing RB59.

He ran 43 times for 236 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 21 of 28 targets for 186 yards.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Dylan Sampson over Corey Kiner.
• Start George Holani over Corey Kiner.
• Start Corey Kiner over Jaylen Wright.
• Start George Holani over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Kimani Vidal over Isaiah Davis.