Start Josh Cameron or Isaac TeSlaa? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Isaac TeSlaa over Josh Cameron in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Isaac TeSlaa at 5.0 points and Josh Cameron at 4.0, a gap of 1.1. 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 4.0 fantasy points for Josh Cameron, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Josh Cameron is 15 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 9 and 11 market sources).

That puts Isaac TeSlaa 1.1 points ahead of Josh Cameron 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.

Josh Cameron and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 35.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 8th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 178 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against BAL.

By points allowed to the position, Josh Cameron has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Isaac TeSlaa is not on the injury report.

Josh Cameron 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, Josh Cameron played 37 percent of JAX snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Cameron, Week 4 against CIN: 22 of 61 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 42 yards.

Josh Cameron, Week 5 against PHI: 22 of 72 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 43 yards.

Josh Cameron, Week 6 against HOU: 36 of 71 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Josh Cameron, Week 8 against IND: 28 of 54 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 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 Josh Cameron over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Darnell Mooney over Josh Cameron.
• Start Efton Chism III over Josh Cameron.