Start Corey Kiner or Ray Davis? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 4:41 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Corey Kiner over Ray Davis
- Market projects
- 4.4
- recent weeks avg
- GB D vs RB
- 25.0
- 7th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 13%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 1%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 2.0
- recent weeks avg
- MIN D vs RB
- 18.4
- 5th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 13%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 2%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Ray Davis for Corey Kiner?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Corey Kiner projects 22 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (2.7 a game over 8 games), Ray Davis 11 (1.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Corey Kiner over Ray Davis.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Corey Kiner over Ray Davis in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Corey Kiner at 4.4 points and Ray Davis at 2.0, a gap of 2.4. 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 Ray Davis this week yet, so his 2.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (2.4 and 1.5); 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 (7 market sources).
No Week 9 player market is posted for Ray Davis yet. His market-based projections were 2.4 and 1.5 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 2.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Corey Kiner 2.4 points ahead of Ray 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 8 games, the 7th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 94 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against GB and caught passes for 34 more yards.
Ray Davis and BUF visit MIN on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
MIN allowed 18.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 103 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIN and caught passes for 18 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Corey Kiner has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Corey Kiner is not on the injury report.
Ray Davis is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Corey Kiner played 13 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: 11 of 60 snaps, 7 carries for 38 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Through Week 8, Ray Davis played 13 percent of BUF snaps, took 5 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
Ray Davis, Week 4 against NE: 4 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards.
Ray Davis, Week 5 against LAR: 10 of 64 snaps, 2 carries for 2 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 31 yards.
Ray Davis, Week 6 against LV: 9 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.
Ray Davis, Week 8 against BAL: 17 of 82 snaps, 6 carries for 30 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, Ray Davis played 17 games for BUF and scored 64.1 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB61.
He ran 58 times for 275 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 13 targets for 86 yards.
He was on the field for 11 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.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Ray Davis for Corey Kiner?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Corey Kiner projects 22 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (2.7 a game over 8 games), Ray Davis 11 (1.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Corey Kiner over Ray Davis.
Should I drop Corey Kiner for Ray Davis?
No. Keep Corey Kiner: he projects 22 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (2.7 a game over 8 games), Ray Davis 11 (1.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Corey Kiner over Ray Davis.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Corey Kiner playing Week 9?
- Is Ray Davis playing Week 9?
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