Start Marvin Mims Jr. or Darnell Mooney? Week 9
Updated Nov 4, 12:11 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Marvin Mims Jr. over Darnell Mooney
- Market projects
- 4.1
- fantasy pts
- CAR D vs WR
- 29.8
- 13th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 28%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 9%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 3.6
- fantasy pts
- PHI D vs WR
- 39.4
- 2nd most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 55%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 9%
- Through Week 7
Should I drop Marvin Mims Jr. for Darnell Mooney?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Darnell Mooney projects 39 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 9 games), Marvin Mims Jr. 30 (3.7 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Marvin Mims Jr. over Darnell Mooney, 4.1 to 3.6 projected PPR points. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Marvin Mims Jr. over Darnell Mooney in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Marvin Mims Jr. at 4.1 points and Darnell Mooney at 3.6, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 3.6 fantasy points for Darnell Mooney, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Darnell Mooney is 13 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (5, 6 and 7 market sources).
Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Marvin Mims Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Marvin Mims Jr. is 16 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 11 and 12 market sources).
That puts Marvin Mims Jr. 0.5 points ahead of Darnell Mooney on the market 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.
Marvin Mims Jr. and DEN visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CAR allowed 29.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 13th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CAR.
By points allowed to the position, Darnell Mooney has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Darnell Mooney is not on the injury report.
Marvin Mims Jr. 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, Marvin Mims Jr. played 28 percent of DEN snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
Marvin Mims Jr., Week 7 against ARI: 16 of 61 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 53 yards.
Marvin Mims Jr., Week 8 against KC: 18 of 62 snaps, 2 carries for 19 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 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.
In 2025, Marvin Mims Jr. played 15 games for DEN and scored 93.0 PPR points, 6.2 a game, finishing WR66.
He caught 37 of 51 targets for 322 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets and 91 air yards.
He was on the field for 35 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Marvin Mims Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against LAC: 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards, 3.0 PPR points.
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 Marvin Mims Jr. for Darnell Mooney?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Darnell Mooney projects 39 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 9 games), Marvin Mims Jr. 30 (3.7 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Marvin Mims Jr. over Darnell Mooney, 4.1 to 3.6 projected PPR points. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Darnell Mooney for Marvin Mims Jr.?
No. Keep Darnell Mooney: he projects 39 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 9 games), Marvin Mims Jr. 30 (3.7 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Marvin Mims Jr. over Darnell Mooney, 4.1 to 3.6 projected PPR points.
Week 9 on the board
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- Is Darnell Mooney playing Week 9?
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