Start Stefon Diggs or Jalen Coker? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Jalen Coker over Stefon Diggs in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Jalen Coker at 11.8 points and Stefon Diggs at 10.8, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Stefon Diggs this week yet, so his 10.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (10.7 and 11.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Jalen Coker at ADP 126 and Stefon Diggs at 99.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.9 fantasy points for Jalen Coker, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jalen Coker is 52 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (8, 6 and 7 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Stefon Diggs yet. His market-based projections were 10.7 and 11.0 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 10.9, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Stefon Diggs is 0.4 touchdowns (5 market sources).

That puts Jalen Coker 1.0 points ahead of Stefon Diggs on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Jalen Coker and CAR host DEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DEN allowed 27.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against DEN.

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, Jalen Coker has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jalen Coker is not on the injury report.

Stefon Diggs is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Jalen Coker played 70 percent of CAR snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 25 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Jalen Coker, Week 3 against CLE: 28 of 77 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Jalen Coker, Week 6 against PHI: 59 of 79 snaps, 13 targets and 6 catches for 97 yards.

Jalen Coker, Week 7 against TB: 37 of 56 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Jalen Coker, Week 8 against GB: 63 of 73 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Jalen Coker played 11 games for CAR and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 292 air yards.

He was on the field for 68 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

• Start Jalen Coker over A.J. Brown.
• Start Christian Watson over Jalen Coker.
• Start Jalen Coker over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Christian Watson over Stefon Diggs.
• Start Stefon Diggs over Denzel Boston.
• Start Stefon Diggs over Devaughn Vele.