Start Josh Downs or Jordan Addison? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Josh Downs over Jordan Addison in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Josh Downs at 10.3 points and Jordan Addison at 8.9, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Josh Downs this week yet, so his 10.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (12.3, 10.9 and 7.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Jordan Addison this week yet, so his 8.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (9.1 and 8.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Josh Downs at ADP 96 and Jordan Addison at 102.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Josh Downs yet. His market-based projections were 12.3, 10.9 and 7.8 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 10.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Jordan Addison yet. His market-based projections were 9.1 and 8.8 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 9.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Jordan Addison is 0.3 touchdowns (5 market sources).

That puts Josh Downs 1.4 points ahead of Jordan Addison on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Josh Downs and IND host DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DAL allowed 35.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 10th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 163 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

Jordan Addison and MIN host BUF on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

BUF allowed 42.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 174 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against BUF.

By points allowed to the position, Jordan Addison has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Josh Downs is not on the injury report.

Jordan Addison is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Josh Downs played 82 percent of IND snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 26 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Downs, Week 5 against PIT: 60 of 71 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 47 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 6 against TEN: 71 of 83 snaps, 1 carry for 7 yards, 8 targets and 4 catches for 40 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 7 against MIN: 52 of 58 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Josh Downs, Week 8 against JAX: 5 targets and 4 catches for 23 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Jordan Addison played 90 percent of MIN snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 38 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Jordan Addison, Week 3 against TB: 58 of 59 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 90 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jordan Addison, Week 4 against MIA: 75 of 78 snaps, 1 carry for -1 yards, 6 targets and 4 catches for 52 yards.

Jordan Addison, Week 7 against IND: 49 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Jordan Addison, Week 8 against DET: 8 targets and 3 catches for 66 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Josh Downs played 16 games for IND and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 422 air yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jordan Addison played 14 games for MIN and scored 135.1 PPR points, 9.7 a game, finishing WR45.

He caught 42 of 79 targets for 610 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 477 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Josh Downs.
• Start Josh Downs over Denzel Boston.
• Start Josh Downs over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Jordan Addison.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Jordan Addison.
• Start Jordan Addison over Darius Cooper.