Start Ja'Marr Chase or Drake London? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Ja'Marr Chase over Drake London in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Ja'Marr Chase at 18.5 points and Drake London at 16.8, a gap of 1.7. Drafters take Ja'Marr Chase at ADP 4 and Drake London at 13.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.5 fantasy points for Ja'Marr Chase, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ja'Marr Chase is 77 receiving yards, 6-7 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (7, 7 and 7 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.8 fantasy points for Drake London, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Drake London is 79 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (7, 7 and 7 market sources).

That puts Ja'Marr Chase 1.7 points ahead of Drake London on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Ja'Marr Chase and CIN visit ATL on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

ATL allowed 34.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 11th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 170 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ATL.

Drake London and ATL host CIN on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

CIN allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 15th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 138 yards and a touchdown a game against CIN.

By points allowed to the position, Ja'Marr Chase has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Ja'Marr Chase is not on the injury report.

Drake London is listed as questionable with a head injury.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Ja'Marr Chase played 77 percent of CIN snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 4 against JAX: 15 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 5 against MIA: 58 of 65 snaps, 10 targets and 6 catches for 77 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 7 against BAL: 46 of 53 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ja'Marr Chase, Week 8 against TEN: 16 targets and 11 catches for 141 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Drake London played 88 percent of ATL snaps, drew 29 percent of the targets, earned 42 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Drake London, Week 5 against BAL: 63 of 64 snaps, 11 targets and 7 catches for 118 yards.

Drake London, Week 6 against CHI: 55 of 55 snaps, 10 targets and 4 catches for 62 yards.

Drake London, Week 7 against SF: 55 of 69 snaps, 10 targets and 7 catches for 66 yards, 1 touchdown.

Drake London, Week 8 against TB: 6 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games for CIN and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets and 772 air yards.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Drake London played 12 games for ATL and scored 201.9 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR19.

He caught 68 of 112 targets for 919 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 690 air yards.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Ja'Marr Chase.
• Start Ja'Marr Chase over CeeDee Lamb.
• Start Ja'Marr Chase over Chris Olave.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Drake London.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Drake London.
• Start Drake London over Chris Olave.