Start Keon Coleman or Jalen Royals? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Keon Coleman over Jalen Royals in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Keon Coleman at 7.7 points and Jalen Royals at 6.0, a gap of 1.7. No player market is posted for Keon Coleman this week yet, so his 7.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (8.4 and 7.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Jalen Royals this week yet, so his 6.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (6.2 and 5.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Keon Coleman yet. His market-based projections were 8.4 and 7.0 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 7.7, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Jalen Royals yet. His market-based projections were 6.2 and 5.7 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 6.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Keon Coleman 1.7 points ahead of Jalen Royals on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Keon Coleman and BUF visit MIN on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

MIN allowed 25.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIN.

Jalen Royals and KC host NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 28.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 121 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

By points allowed to the position, Jalen Royals has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Keon Coleman is not on the injury report.

Jalen Royals is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Keon Coleman played 70 percent of BUF snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Keon Coleman, Week 4 against NE: 46 of 59 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 116 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keon Coleman, Week 5 against LAR: 45 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keon Coleman, Week 6 against LV: 58 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keon Coleman, Week 8 against BAL: 63 of 82 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Through Week 8, Jalen Royals played 43 percent of KC snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Jalen Royals, Week 4 against LV: 38 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jalen Royals, Week 6 against LAC: 45 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Jalen Royals, Week 7 against SEA: 36 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jalen Royals, Week 8 against DEN: 22 of 69 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Keon Coleman played 13 games for BUF and scored 102.4 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR60.

He caught 38 of 59 targets for 404 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 316 air yards.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jalen Royals played 7 games for KC and scored 2.4 PPR points, 0.3 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 0 air yards.

He was on the field for 9 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Keon Coleman.
• Start Keon Coleman over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Keon Coleman.
• Start Jalen Royals over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Jalen Royals.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Jalen Royals.