Start Kendrick Bourne or Keon Coleman? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Keon Coleman over Kendrick Bourne in Week 9.

Kendrick Bourne is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Keon Coleman.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Kendrick Bourne yet. His market-based projections were 7.5, 8.3 and 8.7 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 8.2, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

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.

That puts Kendrick Bourne 0.5 points ahead of Keon Coleman on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Kendrick Bourne and ARI visit SEA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

SEA allowed 23.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 100 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against SEA.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Keon Coleman has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kendrick Bourne is listed as out with a ankle injury.

Keon Coleman is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Kendrick Bourne played 54 percent of ARI snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 5 against DET: 36 of 73 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 70 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 6 against LAR: 41 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 47 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 7 against DEN: 45 of 81 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 9 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 8 against DAL: 25 of 81 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 29 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kendrick Bourne played 16 games for SF and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 386 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Courtland Sutton over Kendrick Bourne.
• Start Darius Cooper over Kendrick Bourne.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Kendrick Bourne.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Keon Coleman.
• Start Keon Coleman over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Keon Coleman.