Start Jaylen Wright or Seth McGowan? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Seth McGowan over Jaylen Wright in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Seth McGowan at 4.1 points and Jaylen Wright at 3.8, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Seth McGowan this week yet, so his 4.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (3.6, 2.7 and 6.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Jaylen Wright this week yet, so his 3.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (3.9 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Seth McGowan yet. His market-based projections were 3.6, 2.7 and 6.0 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 4.1, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Jaylen Wright yet. His market-based projections were 3.9 and 3.6 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 3.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Seth McGowan 0.3 points ahead of Jaylen Wright on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Seth McGowan and IND host DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DAL allowed 24.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 107 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL and caught passes for 25 more yards.

Jaylen Wright and MIA host DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DET allowed 19.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 80 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 25 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Seth McGowan has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Seth McGowan is not on the injury report.

Jaylen Wright is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Seth McGowan played 21 percent of IND snaps, took 17 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Seth McGowan, Week 5 against PIT: 19 of 71 snaps, 5 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 6 against TEN: 19 of 83 snaps, 4 carries for 27 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 7 against MIN: 20 of 58 snaps, 11 carries for 46 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 8 against JAX: 5 carries for 29 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 8, Jaylen Wright played 13 percent of MIA snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylen Wright, Week 4 against MIN: 12 of 39 snaps, 5 carries for 7 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 5 against CIN: 9 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 7 against NYJ: 8 of 65 snaps, 6 carries for 8 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 8 against NE: 2 carries for 5 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jaylen Wright played 10 games for MIA and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He ran 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 yards.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Corey Kiner over Seth McGowan.
• Start George Holani over Seth McGowan.
• Start Seth McGowan over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Corey Kiner over Jaylen Wright.
• Start George Holani over Jaylen Wright.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Isaiah Davis.