Start Josh Cameron or Darnell Mooney? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Darnell Mooney over Josh Cameron in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Darnell Mooney at 4.3 points and Josh Cameron at 4.0, 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 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 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.

Player markets imply 4.0 fantasy points for Josh Cameron, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Josh Cameron is 15 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 9 and 11 market sources).

That puts Darnell Mooney 0.3 points ahead of Josh Cameron on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

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.

Josh Cameron and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 35.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 8th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 178 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against BAL.

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

Injury status

Darnell Mooney is not on the injury report.

Josh Cameron is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

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.

Through Week 8, Josh Cameron played 37 percent of JAX snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Cameron, Week 4 against CIN: 22 of 61 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 42 yards.

Josh Cameron, Week 5 against PHI: 22 of 72 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 43 yards.

Josh Cameron, Week 6 against HOU: 36 of 71 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Josh Cameron, Week 8 against IND: 28 of 54 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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 Darnell Mooney over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Efton Chism III over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Isaac TeSlaa over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Josh Cameron over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Efton Chism III over Josh Cameron.
• Start Isaac TeSlaa over Josh Cameron.