Start Jahan Dotson or Laquon Treadwell? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Jahan Dotson over Laquon Treadwell in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Jahan Dotson at 5.7 points and Laquon Treadwell at 5.6, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for 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 Laquon Treadwell this week yet, so his 5.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (6.5, 4.4 and 5.9); 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 Laquon Treadwell yet. His market-based projections were 6.5, 4.4 and 5.9 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 5.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Jahan Dotson 0.1 points ahead of Laquon Treadwell 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.

Laquon Treadwell and IND host DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DAL allowed 35.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 164 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

By points allowed to the position, Laquon Treadwell has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jahan Dotson is not on the injury report.

Laquon Treadwell 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 8, Laquon Treadwell played 76 percent of IND snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 17 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 5 against PIT: 57 of 71 snaps, 8 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 6 against TEN: 77 of 83 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 7 against MIN: 45 of 58 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 8 against JAX: 43 of 61 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 18 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, Laquon Treadwell played 10 games for IND.

He caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 0 air yards.

He was on the field for 5 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 Adonai Mitchell over Laquon Treadwell.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Laquon Treadwell.
• Start Laquon Treadwell over Darnell Mooney.