Start Dohnte Meyers or Isaac TeSlaa? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Isaac TeSlaa over Dohnte Meyers in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Isaac TeSlaa at 5.0 points and Dohnte Meyers at 4.4, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Isaac TeSlaa this week yet, so his 5.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (5.5 and 4.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Isaac TeSlaa yet. His market-based projections were 5.5 and 4.6 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 5.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

Player markets imply 4.4 fantasy points for Dohnte Meyers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dohnte Meyers is 17 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (5, 4 and 11 market sources).

That puts Isaac TeSlaa 0.6 points ahead of Dohnte Meyers on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Isaac TeSlaa and DET visit MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 25.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 121 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against MIA.

Dohnte Meyers and CIN visit ATL on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

ATL allowed 30.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 149 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against ATL.

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

Injury status

Isaac TeSlaa is not on the injury report.

Dohnte Meyers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Isaac TeSlaa played 57 percent of DET snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaac TeSlaa, Week 4 against CAR: 58 of 71 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 95 yards.

Isaac TeSlaa, Week 5 against ARI: 26 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Isaac TeSlaa, Week 7 against GB: 33 of 68 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 10 yards.

Isaac TeSlaa, Week 8 against MIN: 26 of 72 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 8, Dohnte Meyers played 45 percent of CIN snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 4 against JAX: 68 of 76 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 82 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 5 against MIA: 19 of 65 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 7 against BAL: 20 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 8 against TEN: 44 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 34 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Isaac TeSlaa played 17 games for DET and scored 75.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR82.

He caught 16 of 27 targets for 239 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 184 air yards.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Isaac TeSlaa.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Isaac TeSlaa.
• Start Isaac TeSlaa over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Dohnte Meyers over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Dohnte Meyers over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Efton Chism III over Dohnte Meyers.