Start DeMario Douglas or Tre Tucker? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 4:51 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Tre Tucker over DeMario Douglas
- Market projects
- 9.6
- recent weeks avg
- SF D vs WR
- 29.1
- 9th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 68%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 17%
- Through Week 8
- 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
Should I drop DeMario Douglas for Tre Tucker?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tre Tucker projects 73 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 8 games), DeMario Douglas 62 (7.8 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Tre Tucker over DeMario Douglas.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Tre Tucker over DeMario Douglas in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Tre Tucker at 9.6 points and DeMario Douglas at 7.7, a gap of 1.9. No player market is posted for Tre Tucker this week yet, so his 9.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (9.1, 9.2 and 10.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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
No Week 9 player market is posted for Tre Tucker yet. His market-based projections were 9.1, 9.2 and 10.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 9.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
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 Tre Tucker 1.9 points ahead of DeMario Douglas on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Tre Tucker and LV visit SF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
SF allowed 29.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 9th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against SF.
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, DeMario Douglas has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Tre Tucker is not on the injury report.
DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Tre Tucker played 68 percent of LV snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
Tre Tucker, Week 5 against NE: 45 of 60 snaps, 2 carries for -6 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 41 yards.
Tre Tucker, Week 6 against BUF: 46 of 66 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 97 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Tre Tucker, Week 7 against LAR: 56 of 68 snaps, 12 targets and 5 catches for 103 yards, 1 touchdown.
Tre Tucker, Week 8 against NYJ: 1 target and 0 catches for 0 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, Tre Tucker played 17 games for LV and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.
He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 405 air yards.
He was on the field for 95 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
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 Tre Tucker?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tre Tucker projects 73 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 8 games), DeMario Douglas 62 (7.8 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Tre Tucker over DeMario Douglas.
Should I drop Tre Tucker for DeMario Douglas?
No. Keep Tre Tucker: he projects 73 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 8 games), DeMario Douglas 62 (7.8 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Tre Tucker over DeMario Douglas.
Week 9 on the board
- Is DeMario Douglas playing Week 9?
- Is Tre Tucker playing Week 9?
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