Start Josh Cameron or Rashod Bateman? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Josh Cameron over Rashod Bateman in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Josh Cameron at 4.0 points and Rashod Bateman at 3.9, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.0 fantasy points for Josh Cameron, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Josh Cameron is 15 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 9 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.9 fantasy points for Rashod Bateman, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Rashod Bateman is 17 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (12, 10 and 11 market sources).

That puts Josh Cameron 0.0 points ahead of Rashod Bateman on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Josh Cameron and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 35.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 8th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 178 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against BAL.

Rashod Bateman and BAL host JAX on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

JAX allowed 36.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 196 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against JAX.

By points allowed to the position, Rashod Bateman has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Josh Cameron is not on the injury report.

Rashod Bateman is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Josh Cameron played 37 percent of JAX snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Cameron, Week 4 against CIN: 22 of 61 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 42 yards.

Josh Cameron, Week 5 against PHI: 22 of 72 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 43 yards.

Josh Cameron, Week 6 against HOU: 36 of 71 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Josh Cameron, Week 8 against IND: 28 of 54 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 8, Rashod Bateman played 71 percent of BAL snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Rashod Bateman, Week 5 against ATL: 61 of 76 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards.

Rashod Bateman, Week 6 against CLE: 17 of 57 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Rashod Bateman, Week 7 against CIN: 49 of 67 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 33 yards.

Rashod Bateman, Week 8 against BUF: 39 of 51 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Rashod Bateman played 13 games for BAL and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing WR102.

He caught 19 of 38 targets for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 185 air yards.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Josh Cameron over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Darnell Mooney over Josh Cameron.
• Start Efton Chism III over Josh Cameron.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Rashod Bateman.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Rashod Bateman.
• Start Efton Chism III over Rashod Bateman.