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Start Jakobi Meyers or Courtland Sutton? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 2:06 AM ET.

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Start Courtland Sutton over Jakobi Meyers

Sutton projects lower, 8.8 to 8.9, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 60 for Sutton, 91 for Meyers.

Start

Courtland Sutton

WR · DEN · at CAR

Market projects
8.8
recent weeks avg
CAR D vs WR
27.7
6th fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share
77%
Through Week 8
Target share
16%
Through Week 8
Sit

Jakobi Meyers

WR · JAX · at BAL · Questionable

Market projects
8.9
fantasy pts
BAL D vs WR
35.8
7th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share
80%
Through Week 8
Target share
16%
Through Week 8

Should I drop Courtland Sutton for Jakobi Meyers?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jakobi Meyers projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.3 a game over 9 games), Courtland Sutton 71 (8.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Courtland Sutton over Jakobi Meyers. So make the move after his Week 9 game. Jakobi Meyers is listed questionable.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Courtland Sutton over Jakobi Meyers in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Courtland Sutton at 8.8 points and Jakobi Meyers at 8.9, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Courtland Sutton still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 60 against 91, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Courtland Sutton this week yet, so his 8.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (8.3, 8.9 and 9.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.9 fantasy points for Jakobi Meyers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jakobi Meyers is 40 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 9 and 11 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Courtland Sutton yet. His market-based projections were 8.3, 8.9 and 9.1 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 8.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Jakobi Meyers 0.2 points ahead of Courtland Sutton on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Jakobi Meyers and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 35.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 182 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against BAL.

Courtland Sutton and DEN visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 27.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against CAR.

By points allowed to the position, Jakobi Meyers has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jakobi Meyers is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Courtland Sutton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Jakobi Meyers played 80 percent of JAX snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 4 against CIN: 50 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 5 against PHI: 61 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 37 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 6 against HOU: 53 of 71 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 83 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 8 against IND: 3 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Through Week 8, Courtland Sutton played 77 percent of DEN snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Courtland Sutton, Week 5 against LAC: 50 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.

Courtland Sutton, Week 6 against SEA: 46 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 7 against ARI: 43 of 61 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 45 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 8 against KC: 4 targets and 4 catches for 53 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jakobi Meyers played 16 games for JAX and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 553 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Courtland Sutton played 17 games for DEN and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 795 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 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 Courtland Sutton for Jakobi Meyers?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Jakobi Meyers projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.3 a game over 9 games), Courtland Sutton 71 (8.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Courtland Sutton over Jakobi Meyers. So make the move after his Week 9 game. Jakobi Meyers is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Jakobi Meyers for Courtland Sutton?

    No. Keep Jakobi Meyers: he projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.3 a game over 9 games), Courtland Sutton 71 (8.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Courtland Sutton over Jakobi Meyers. Jakobi Meyers is listed questionable.

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