Start Jacoby Brissett or Kyler Murray? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 12:21 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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- : Kyler Murray: Listed Questionable (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Kyler Murray over Jacoby Brissett
- Market projects
- 17.4
- recent weeks avg
- BUF D vs QB
- 19.0
- 11th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 86%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 16.0
- recent weeks avg
- SEA D vs QB
- 11.9
- 2nd fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 94%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Jacoby Brissett for Kyler Murray?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyler Murray projects 154 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (17.1 a game over 9 games), Jacoby Brissett 125 (15.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kyler Murray over Jacoby Brissett. Kyler Murray is listed questionable.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Kyler Murray over Jacoby Brissett in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Kyler Murray at 17.4 points and Jacoby Brissett at 16.0, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Kyler Murray this week yet, so his 17.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (17.3 and 17.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Jacoby Brissett this week yet, so his 16.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (15.7, 15.2 and 17.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Kyler Murray at ADP 139 and Jacoby Brissett at 229.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Kyler Murray yet. His market-based projections were 17.3 and 17.6 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 17.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Jacoby Brissett yet. His market-based projections were 15.7, 15.2 and 17.1 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 16.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Kyler Murray 1.4 points ahead of Jacoby Brissett on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Kyler Murray and MIN host BUF on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
BUF allowed 19.0 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 11th most in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 269 yards and 2.1 touchdowns a game against BUF, with 0.6 interceptions a game.
Jacoby Brissett and ARI visit SEA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
SEA allowed 11.9 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 169 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against SEA, with an interception a game.
By points allowed to the position, Kyler Murray has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Kyler Murray is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.
Jacoby Brissett is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Kyler Murray played 86 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 184 times and threw an average of 7.7 air yards per attempt.
Kyler Murray, Week 4 against MIA: 78 of 78 snaps, 27 of 37 passes for 247 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 21 yards.
Kyler Murray, Week 5 against NO: 71 of 71 snaps, 24 of 29 passes for 229 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 7 carries for 54 yards.
Kyler Murray, Week 7 against IND: 59 of 59 snaps, 14 of 24 passes for 150 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 41 yards.
Kyler Murray, Week 8 against DET: 53 of 53 snaps, 17 of 29 passes for 210 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 36 yards.
Through Week 8, Jacoby Brissett played 94 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 331 times and threw an average of 7.2 air yards per attempt.
Jacoby Brissett, Week 5 against DET: 73 of 73 snaps, 29 of 46 passes for 292 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 19 yards.
Jacoby Brissett, Week 6 against LAR: 72 of 72 snaps, 24 of 35 passes for 218 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 2 yards.
Jacoby Brissett, Week 7 against DEN: 81 of 81 snaps, 27 of 48 passes for 272 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 7 carries for 16 yards.
Jacoby Brissett, Week 8 against DAL: 47 of 81 snaps, 10 of 23 passes for 119 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 7 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Kyler Murray played 5 games for ARI and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.
He completed 110 of 161 passes for 962 yards, 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran 29 times for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.
He was on the field for 99 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Jacoby Brissett played 14 games for ARI and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.
He completed 315 of 485 passes for 3366 yards, 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 38 times for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.
He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Jacoby Brissett for Kyler Murray?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyler Murray projects 154 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (17.1 a game over 9 games), Jacoby Brissett 125 (15.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kyler Murray over Jacoby Brissett. Kyler Murray is listed questionable.
Should I drop Kyler Murray for Jacoby Brissett?
No. Keep Kyler Murray: he projects 154 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (17.1 a game over 9 games), Jacoby Brissett 125 (15.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Kyler Murray over Jacoby Brissett. Kyler Murray is listed questionable.
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