Start Stefon Diggs or Jakobi Meyers? Week 9
Updated Nov 5, 10:56 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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- : Jakobi Meyers: Listed Questionable (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Stefon Diggs over Jakobi Meyers
- Market projects
- 10.9
- fantasy pts
- LAR D vs WR
- 26.8
- 5th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 61%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 23%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 8.9
- fantasy pts
- BAL D vs WR
- 35.0
- 8th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 76%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 16%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Jakobi Meyers for Stefon Diggs?
Not on these numbers alone. Jakobi Meyers projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 9 games) and Stefon Diggs 86 (9.6 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Stefon Diggs over Jakobi Meyers, 10.9 to 8.9 projected PPR points.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Stefon Diggs over Jakobi Meyers in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Stefon Diggs at 10.9 points and Jakobi Meyers at 8.9, a gap of 2.0. Drafters take Stefon Diggs at ADP 99 and Jakobi Meyers at 91.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 8.9 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 (14, 11 and 13 market sources).
Player markets imply 10.9 fantasy points for Stefon Diggs, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Stefon Diggs is 43 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (13, 10 and 13 market sources).
That puts Stefon Diggs 2.0 points ahead of Jakobi Meyers on the market 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.
Stefon Diggs and WAS host LAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
LAR allowed 26.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 5th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 112 yards and a touchdown a game against LAR.
By points allowed to the position, Jakobi Meyers has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jakobi Meyers is not on the injury report.
Stefon Diggs 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, Stefon Diggs played 61 percent of WAS snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
Stefon Diggs, Week 3 against SEA: 41 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.
Stefon Diggs, Week 4 against IND: 42 of 64 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 35 yards.
Stefon Diggs, Week 6 against SF: 41 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 44 yards, 1 touchdown.
Stefon Diggs, Week 8 against PHI: 39 of 60 snaps, 6 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, Stefon Diggs played 17 games for NE and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.
He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 659 air yards.
He was on the field for 54 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 Jakobi Meyers for Stefon Diggs?
Not on these numbers alone. Jakobi Meyers projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 9 games) and Stefon Diggs 86 (9.6 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Stefon Diggs over Jakobi Meyers, 10.9 to 8.9 projected PPR points.
Should I drop Stefon Diggs for Jakobi Meyers?
Not on these numbers alone. Stefon Diggs projects 86 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 9 games) and Jakobi Meyers 82 (9.1 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Stefon Diggs over Jakobi Meyers, 10.9 to 8.9 projected PPR points.
Week 9 on the board
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- Is Jakobi Meyers playing Week 9?
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