Start Kyle Williams or Darnell Mooney? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Kyle Williams over Darnell Mooney in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Kyle Williams at 4.7 points and Darnell Mooney at 4.3, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Kyle Williams this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (4.4 and 5.1); 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 Kyle Williams yet. His market-based projections were 4.4 and 5.1 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Kyle Williams is 0.2 touchdowns (7 market sources).

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 Kyle Williams 0.5 points ahead of Darnell Mooney on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Kyle Williams and NE host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

GB allowed 34.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 152 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against GB.

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

Kyle Williams is not on the injury report.

Darnell Mooney is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Kyle Williams played 36 percent of NE snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyle Williams, Week 5 against LV: 27 of 75 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 91 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyle Williams, Week 6 against NYJ: 25 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Kyle Williams, Week 7 against CHI: 21 of 54 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kyle Williams, Week 8 against MIA: 50 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 43 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Kyle Williams played 17 games for NE and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 130 air yards.

He was on the field for 30 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 Adonai Mitchell over Kyle Williams.
• Start Efton Chism III over Kyle Williams.
• Start Isaac TeSlaa over Kyle Williams.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Efton Chism III over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Isaac TeSlaa over Darnell Mooney.