Start Dohnte Meyers or Kyle Williams? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Kyle Williams over Dohnte Meyers in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Kyle Williams at 4.7 points and Dohnte Meyers at 4.4, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Kyle Williams this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (4.4 and 5.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Kyle Williams yet. His market-based projections were 4.4 and 5.1 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Kyle Williams is 0.2 touchdowns (9 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 (8, 8 and 12 market sources).

That puts Kyle Williams 0.4 points ahead of Dohnte Meyers on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Kyle Williams and NE host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

GB allowed 34.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 152 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against GB.

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, Kyle Williams has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kyle Williams is not on the injury report.

Dohnte Meyers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Kyle Williams played 36 percent of NE snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyle Williams, Week 5 against LV: 27 of 75 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 91 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyle Williams, Week 6 against NYJ: 25 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Kyle Williams, Week 7 against CHI: 21 of 54 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kyle Williams, Week 8 against MIA: 50 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 43 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Kyle Williams played 17 games for NE and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 130 air yards.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Kyle Williams.
• Start Kyle Williams over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Efton Chism III over Kyle Williams.
• Start Dohnte Meyers over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Dohnte Meyers over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Efton Chism III over Dohnte Meyers.