Start Isaiah Davis or Seth McGowan? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Seth McGowan over Isaiah Davis in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Seth McGowan at 4.1 points and Isaiah Davis at 2.8, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Seth McGowan this week yet, so his 4.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (3.6, 2.7 and 6.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Seth McGowan yet. His market-based projections were 3.6, 2.7 and 6.0 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 4.1, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

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.

That puts Seth McGowan 1.3 points ahead of Isaiah Davis on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Seth McGowan and IND host DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DAL allowed 24.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 107 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL and caught passes for 25 more yards.

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

KC allowed 19.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 72 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC and caught passes for 37 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Seth McGowan has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Seth McGowan is not on the injury report.

Isaiah Davis is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Seth McGowan played 21 percent of IND snaps, took 17 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Seth McGowan, Week 5 against PIT: 19 of 71 snaps, 5 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 6 against TEN: 19 of 83 snaps, 4 carries for 27 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 7 against MIN: 20 of 58 snaps, 11 carries for 46 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 8 against JAX: 5 carries for 29 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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: 5 carries for 15 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.

Their other Week 9 calls

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