Start Jakobi Meyers or DeMario Douglas? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Jakobi Meyers over DeMario Douglas in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Jakobi Meyers at 8.9 points and DeMario Douglas at 7.7, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for DeMario Douglas this week yet, so his 7.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (4.8, 8.9 and 9.4); 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 DeMario Douglas yet. His market-based projections were 4.8, 8.9 and 9.4 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 7.7, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 0.4 touchdowns (7 market sources).

That puts Jakobi Meyers 1.2 points ahead of DeMario Douglas 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.

DeMario Douglas and NE host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

GB allowed 35.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 157 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against GB.

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

Injury status

Jakobi Meyers is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

DeMario Douglas 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, DeMario Douglas played 55 percent of NE snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

DeMario Douglas, Week 5 against LV: 37 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 65 yards, 2 touchdowns.

DeMario Douglas, Week 6 against NYJ: 40 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

DeMario Douglas, Week 7 against CHI: 35 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards.

DeMario Douglas, Week 8 against MIA: 3 targets and 3 catches for 76 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, DeMario Douglas played 17 games for NE and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 233 air yards.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Jakobi Meyers.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Jakobi Meyers.
• Start Jakobi Meyers over Darius Cooper.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over DeMario Douglas.