Start Tetairoa McMillan or DJ Moore? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Tetairoa McMillan over DJ Moore in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Tetairoa McMillan at 14.7 points and DJ Moore at 11.4, a gap of 3.3. No player market is posted for DJ Moore this week yet, so his 11.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (10.7 and 12.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Tetairoa McMillan at ADP 30 and DJ Moore at 46.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.7 fantasy points for Tetairoa McMillan, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tetairoa McMillan is 67 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (8, 6 and 10 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for DJ Moore yet. His market-based projections were 10.7 and 12.1 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 11.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for DJ Moore is 0.4 touchdowns (5 market sources).

That puts Tetairoa McMillan 3.3 points ahead of DJ Moore on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Tetairoa McMillan and CAR host DEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DEN allowed 27.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against DEN.

DJ Moore and BUF visit MIN on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

MIN allowed 25.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIN.

By points allowed to the position, Tetairoa McMillan has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tetairoa McMillan is not on the injury report.

DJ Moore is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Tetairoa McMillan played 83 percent of CAR snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Tetairoa McMillan, Week 4 against DET: 67 of 75 snaps, 16 targets and 14 catches for 192 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Tetairoa McMillan, Week 6 against PHI: 60 of 79 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 86 yards.

Tetairoa McMillan, Week 7 against TB: 38 of 56 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 40 yards.

Tetairoa McMillan, Week 8 against GB: 65 of 73 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 58 yards.

Through Week 8, DJ Moore played 55 percent of BUF snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 27 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

DJ Moore, Week 2 against DET: 23 of 74 snaps, 1 carry for -1 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

DJ Moore, Week 3 against LAC: 42 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 6 catches for 67 yards.

DJ Moore, Week 4 against NE: 23 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 6 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

DJ Moore, Week 8 against BAL: 54 of 82 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 7 targets and 4 catches for 82 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tetairoa McMillan played 17 games for CAR and scored 211.4 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR16.

He caught 70 of 122 targets for 1014 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 745 air yards.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, DJ Moore played 17 games for CHI and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 460 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Tetairoa McMillan over A.J. Brown.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Tetairoa McMillan.
• Start Chris Olave over Tetairoa McMillan.
• Start Christian Watson over DJ Moore.
• Start DJ Moore over Denzel Boston.
• Start DJ Moore over Devaughn Vele.