Start Jerry Jeudy or Darnell Mooney? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Jerry Jeudy over Darnell Mooney in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Jerry Jeudy at 4.7 points and Darnell Mooney at 4.3, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jerry Jeudy this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (3.9, 4.7 and 5.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Darnell Mooney this week yet, so his 4.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (4.5 and 4.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Jerry Jeudy yet. His market-based projections were 3.9, 4.7 and 5.5 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Darnell Mooney yet. His market-based projections were 4.5 and 4.0 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 4.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Jerry Jeudy 0.4 points ahead of Darnell Mooney on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Jerry Jeudy and CLE visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NO allowed 29.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against NO.

Darnell Mooney and NYG visit PHI on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PHI allowed 39.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 183 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against PHI.

By points allowed to the position, Darnell Mooney has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jerry Jeudy is not on the injury report.

Darnell Mooney is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Jerry Jeudy played 59 percent of CLE snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 5 against NYJ: 55 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 6 against BAL: 39 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 69 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 7 against TEN: 43 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 21 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 8 against PIT: 42 of 70 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 7, Darnell Mooney played 55 percent of NYG snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Mooney, Week 4 against ARI: 37 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 5 against WAS: 58 of 89 snaps, 7 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 6 against NO: 28 of 77 snaps, 1 carry for 20 yards, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 7 against HOU: 36 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jerry Jeudy played 17 games for CLE and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 436 air yards.

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

In 2025, Darnell Mooney played 15 games for ATL and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets and 370 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Jerry Jeudy over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Efton Chism III over Jerry Jeudy.
• Start Isaac TeSlaa over Jerry Jeudy.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Efton Chism III over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Isaac TeSlaa over Darnell Mooney.