Start Ray Davis or Isaiah Davis? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Isaiah Davis over Ray Davis in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Isaiah Davis at 2.8 points and Ray Davis at 2.0, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Isaiah Davis this week yet, so his 2.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (1.9 and 3.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Ray Davis this week yet, so his 2.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (2.4 and 1.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Isaiah Davis yet. His market-based projections were 1.9 and 3.7 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 2.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Ray Davis yet. His market-based projections were 2.4 and 1.5 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 2.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Isaiah Davis 0.9 points ahead of Ray Davis on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Isaiah Davis and NYJ visit KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

KC allowed 19.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 69 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC and caught passes for 42 more yards.

Ray Davis and BUF visit MIN on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

MIN allowed 18.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 103 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIN and caught passes for 18 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Isaiah Davis has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Isaiah Davis is not on the injury report.

Ray Davis is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Isaiah Davis played 15 percent of NYJ snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Davis, Week 5 against CLE: 10 of 70 snaps, 2 carries for 8 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 6 against NE: 8 of 62 snaps, 7 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 10 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 7 against MIA: 13 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 8 against LV: 11 of 64 snaps, 5 carries for 15 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 8, Ray Davis played 13 percent of BUF snaps, took 5 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Ray Davis, Week 4 against NE: 4 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Ray Davis, Week 5 against LAR: 10 of 64 snaps, 2 carries for 2 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 31 yards.

Ray Davis, Week 6 against LV: 9 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Ray Davis, Week 8 against BAL: 17 of 82 snaps, 6 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Isaiah Davis played 16 games for NYJ and scored 71.2 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing RB59.

He ran 43 times for 236 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 21 of 28 targets for 186 yards.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Ray Davis played 17 games for BUF and scored 64.1 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB61.

He ran 58 times for 275 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 13 targets for 86 yards.

He was on the field for 11 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Corey Kiner over Isaiah Davis.
• Start George Holani over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Corey Kiner over Ray Davis.
• Start George Holani over Ray Davis.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Ray Davis.