Start Kendrick Bourne or DeMario Douglas? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 4:36 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Latest
- : Kendrick Bourne: Questionable to Out (Ankle, Sprain) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Kendrick Bourne: Listed Questionable (Undisclosed) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start DeMario Douglas over Kendrick Bourne
Kendrick Bourne is listed out, so DeMario Douglas starts despite the lower projection.
- Market projects
- 7.7
- recent weeks avg
- GB D vs WR
- 35.7
- 9th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 55%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 16%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 8.2
- recent weeks avg
- SEA D vs WR
- 20.9
- fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 58%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 12%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop DeMario Douglas for Kendrick Bourne?
Not on these numbers alone. DeMario Douglas projects 62 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.8 a game over 8 games) and Kendrick Bourne 65 (8.1 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts DeMario Douglas over Kendrick Bourne. Kendrick Bourne is listed out.
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Our Week 9 call
Start DeMario Douglas over Kendrick Bourne in Week 9.
Kendrick Bourne is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start DeMario Douglas.
What the market projects
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).
No Week 9 player market is posted for Kendrick Bourne yet. His market-based projections were 7.5, 8.3 and 8.7 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 8.2, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Kendrick Bourne 0.5 points ahead of DeMario Douglas on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
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.
Kendrick Bourne and ARI visit SEA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
SEA allowed 20.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 92 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against SEA.
By points allowed to the position, DeMario Douglas has the softer matchup.
Injury status
DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.
Kendrick Bourne is listed as out with a ankle injury.
Usage before Week 9
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.
Through Week 8, Kendrick Bourne played 58 percent of ARI snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
Kendrick Bourne, Week 5 against DET: 36 of 73 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 70 yards.
Kendrick Bourne, Week 6 against LAR: 41 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 47 yards.
Kendrick Bourne, Week 7 against DEN: 45 of 81 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 9 yards.
Kendrick Bourne, Week 8 against DAL: 2 targets and 1 catch for 29 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
In 2025, Kendrick Bourne played 16 games for SF and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.
He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 386 air yards.
He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
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 DeMario Douglas for Kendrick Bourne?
Not on these numbers alone. DeMario Douglas projects 62 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.8 a game over 8 games) and Kendrick Bourne 65 (8.1 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts DeMario Douglas over Kendrick Bourne. Kendrick Bourne is listed out.
Should I drop Kendrick Bourne for DeMario Douglas?
Not on these numbers alone. Kendrick Bourne projects 65 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.1 a game over 8 games) and DeMario Douglas 62 (7.8 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts DeMario Douglas over Kendrick Bourne. Kendrick Bourne is listed out.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Kendrick Bourne playing Week 9?
- Is DeMario Douglas playing Week 9?
- Cardinals depth chart
- Patriots depth chart
- Week 9 WR rankings
- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings