Start Xavier Hutchinson or Jerry Jeudy? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 9:36 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Jerry Jeudy over Xavier Hutchinson
- Market projects
- 4.7
- recent weeks avg
- NO D vs WR
- 29.8
- 14th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 59%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 10%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 3.7
- recent weeks avg
- LAC D vs WR
- 30.3
- 16th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 55%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 17%
- Through Week 7
Should I drop Jerry Jeudy for Xavier Hutchinson?
Not on these numbers alone. Jerry Jeudy projects 34 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.2 a game over 8 games) and Xavier Hutchinson 34 (3.8 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Jerry Jeudy over Xavier Hutchinson.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Jerry Jeudy over Xavier Hutchinson in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Jerry Jeudy at 4.7 points and Xavier Hutchinson at 3.7, 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 Jerry Jeudy this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (3.9, 4.7 and 5.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Xavier Hutchinson this week yet, so his 3.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (3.7 and 3.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Jerry Jeudy yet. His market-based projections were 3.9, 4.7 and 5.5 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Xavier Hutchinson yet. His market-based projections were 3.7 and 3.7 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 3.7, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Jerry Jeudy 1.0 points ahead of Xavier Hutchinson on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Jerry Jeudy and CLE visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
NO allowed 29.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 14th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against NO.
Xavier Hutchinson and HOU visit LAC on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.
LAC allowed 30.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 16th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against LAC.
By points allowed to the position, Xavier Hutchinson has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jerry Jeudy is not on the injury report.
Xavier Hutchinson is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Jerry Jeudy played 59 percent of CLE snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.
Jerry Jeudy, Week 5 against NYJ: 55 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.
Jerry Jeudy, Week 6 against BAL: 39 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 69 yards.
Jerry Jeudy, Week 7 against TEN: 43 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 21 yards.
Jerry Jeudy, Week 8 against PIT: 42 of 70 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Through Week 7, Xavier Hutchinson played 55 percent of HOU snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
Xavier Hutchinson, Week 4 against DAL: 17 of 55 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.
Xavier Hutchinson, Week 5 against TEN: 27 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 65 yards.
Xavier Hutchinson, Week 6 against JAX: 34 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.
Xavier Hutchinson, Week 7 against NYG: 34 of 61 snaps, 2 carries for 12 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jerry Jeudy played 17 games for CLE and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.
He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 436 air yards.
He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games for HOU and scored 98.0 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR64.
He caught 35 of 57 targets for 428 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 282 air yards.
He was on the field for 57 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 Jerry Jeudy for Xavier Hutchinson?
Not on these numbers alone. Jerry Jeudy projects 34 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.2 a game over 8 games) and Xavier Hutchinson 34 (3.8 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Jerry Jeudy over Xavier Hutchinson.
Should I drop Xavier Hutchinson for Jerry Jeudy?
Not on these numbers alone. Xavier Hutchinson projects 34 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (3.8 a game over 9 games) and Jerry Jeudy 34 (4.2 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Jerry Jeudy over Xavier Hutchinson.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Xavier Hutchinson playing Week 9?
- Is Jerry Jeudy playing Week 9?
- Texans depth chart
- Browns depth chart
- Week 9 WR rankings
- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings