Start Jakobi Meyers or Ryan Flournoy? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Jakobi Meyers over Ryan Flournoy in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Jakobi Meyers at 9.0 points and Ryan Flournoy at 8.5, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Ryan Flournoy this week yet, so his 8.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (8.3, 8.3 and 9.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Jakobi Meyers at ADP 91 and Ryan Flournoy at 220.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.0 fantasy points for Jakobi Meyers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jakobi Meyers is 40 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 9 and 11 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Ryan Flournoy yet. His market-based projections were 8.3, 8.3 and 9.1 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 8.5, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Jakobi Meyers 0.4 points ahead of Ryan Flournoy on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Jakobi Meyers and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 35.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 8th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 178 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against BAL.

Ryan Flournoy and DAL visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 27.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against IND.

By points allowed to the position, Jakobi Meyers has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jakobi Meyers is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Ryan Flournoy is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Jakobi Meyers played 76 percent of JAX snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 4 against CIN: 50 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 5 against PHI: 61 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 37 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 6 against HOU: 53 of 71 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 83 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 8 against IND: 29 of 54 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Through Week 8, Ryan Flournoy played 74 percent of DAL snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 5 against TB: 41 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 90 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 6 against GB: 68 of 78 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 7 against PHI: 53 of 68 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 70 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 8 against ARI: 50 of 74 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 38 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jakobi Meyers played 16 games for JAX and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 553 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Ryan Flournoy played 16 games for DAL and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 271 air yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Jakobi Meyers over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Courtland Sutton over Jakobi Meyers.
• Start Jakobi Meyers over Darius Cooper.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Ryan Flournoy.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Ryan Flournoy.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Ryan Flournoy.