Start Jahan Dotson or Kayshon Boutte? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Jahan Dotson over Kayshon Boutte in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Jahan Dotson at 5.7 points and Kayshon Boutte at 4.6, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jahan Dotson this week yet, so his 5.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (5.3, 6.7 and 5.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Kayshon Boutte this week yet, so his 4.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (5.8 and 3.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Jahan Dotson yet. His market-based projections were 5.3, 6.7 and 5.2 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 5.7, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Jahan Dotson is 0.3 touchdowns (7 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Kayshon Boutte yet. His market-based projections were 5.8 and 3.3 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 4.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Jahan Dotson 1.2 points ahead of Kayshon Boutte on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Jahan Dotson and ATL host CIN on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

CIN allowed 32.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 14th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 142 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against CIN.

Kayshon Boutte and HOU visit LAC on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LAC allowed 30.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against LAC.

By points allowed to the position, Jahan Dotson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jahan Dotson is not on the injury report.

Kayshon Boutte is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Jahan Dotson played 68 percent of ATL snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Jahan Dotson, Week 5 against BAL: 42 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 54 yards.

Jahan Dotson, Week 6 against CHI: 47 of 55 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 87 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jahan Dotson, Week 7 against SF: 38 of 69 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Jahan Dotson, Week 8 against TB: 38 of 53 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 95 yards.

Through Week 7, Kayshon Boutte played 54 percent of HOU snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Kayshon Boutte, Week 4 against DAL: 34 of 55 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 36 yards.

Kayshon Boutte, Week 5 against TEN: 39 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 38 yards.

Kayshon Boutte, Week 6 against JAX: 26 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Kayshon Boutte, Week 7 against NYG: 19 of 61 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 25 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jahan Dotson played 17 games for PHI and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets and 212 air yards.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Kayshon Boutte played 14 games for NE and scored 124.1 PPR points, 8.9 a game, finishing WR51.

He caught 33 of 46 targets for 551 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 513 air yards.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Jahan Dotson.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Jahan Dotson.
• Start Jahan Dotson over Efton Chism III.
• Start Kayshon Boutte over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Efton Chism III over Kayshon Boutte.
• Start Isaac TeSlaa over Kayshon Boutte.