Start Corey Kiner or Seth McGowan? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Corey Kiner over Seth McGowan in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Corey Kiner at 4.4 points and Seth McGowan at 4.1, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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 Seth McGowan this week yet, so his 4.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (3.6, 2.7 and 6.0); 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 Seth McGowan yet. His market-based projections were 3.6, 2.7 and 6.0 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 4.1, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Corey Kiner 0.3 points ahead of Seth McGowan 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.

Seth McGowan and IND host DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DAL allowed 24.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 107 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL and caught passes for 25 more yards.

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

Injury status

Corey Kiner is not on the injury report.

Seth McGowan 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, Seth McGowan played 21 percent of IND snaps, took 17 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Seth McGowan, Week 5 against PIT: 19 of 71 snaps, 5 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 6 against TEN: 19 of 83 snaps, 4 carries for 27 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 7 against MIN: 20 of 58 snaps, 11 carries for 46 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 8 against JAX: 5 carries for 29 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.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Dylan Sampson over Corey Kiner.
• Start George Holani over Corey Kiner.
• Start Corey Kiner over Isaiah Davis.
• Start George Holani over Seth McGowan.
• Start Seth McGowan over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Seth McGowan over Jaylen Wright.