Start Kalif Raymond or Dohnte Meyers? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Kalif Raymond over Dohnte Meyers in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Kalif Raymond at 4.6 points and Dohnte Meyers at 4.4, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.6 fantasy points for Kalif Raymond, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kalif Raymond is 17 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 8 and 12 market sources).

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 (10, 10 and 12 market sources).

That puts Kalif Raymond 0.2 points ahead of Dohnte Meyers on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Kalif Raymond and CHI host TB on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

TB allowed 28.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 131 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against TB.

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

Kalif Raymond is not on the injury report.

Dohnte Meyers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Kalif Raymond played 62 percent of CHI snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Kalif Raymond, Week 5 against GB: 47 of 69 snaps, 1 carry for -2 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 6 yards.

Kalif Raymond, Week 6 against ATL: 36 of 77 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Kalif Raymond, Week 7 against NE: 48 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kalif Raymond, Week 8 against SEA: 48 of 70 snaps, 1 carry for 39 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 14 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, Kalif Raymond played 15 games for DET and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.

He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets and 132 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 Kalif Raymond.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Kalif Raymond.
• Start Darius Cooper over Kalif Raymond.
• Start Dohnte Meyers over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Dohnte Meyers over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Efton Chism III over Dohnte Meyers.