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Start Ryan Flournoy or Makai Lemon? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 3:51 AM ET.

Start Makai Lemon over Ryan Flournoy

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Makai Lemon

WR · PHI · vs NYG

Market projects
8.6
recent weeks avg
NYG D vs WR
31.3
16th fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share
76%
Through Week 8
Target share
18%
Through Week 8
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Ryan Flournoy

WR · DAL · at IND

Market projects
8.5
recent weeks avg
IND D vs WR
29.0
8th fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share
75%
Through Week 8
Target share
15%
Through Week 8

Should I drop Makai Lemon for Ryan Flournoy?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Ryan Flournoy projects 65 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.1 a game over 8 games), Makai Lemon 47 (5.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Makai Lemon over Ryan Flournoy. So make the move after his Week 9 game.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Makai Lemon over Ryan Flournoy in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Makai Lemon at 8.6 points and Ryan Flournoy at 8.5, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Makai Lemon this week yet, so his 8.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (5.3, 10.0 and 10.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Ryan Flournoy this week yet, so his 8.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (8.3, 8.3 and 9.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Makai Lemon at ADP 140 and Ryan Flournoy at 220.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Makai Lemon yet. His market-based projections were 5.3, 10.0 and 10.6 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 8.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Ryan Flournoy yet. His market-based projections were 8.3, 8.3 and 9.1 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 8.5, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Makai Lemon 0.1 points ahead of Ryan Flournoy on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Makai Lemon and PHI host NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYG allowed 31.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 127 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against NYG.

Ryan Flournoy and DAL visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 142 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND.

By points allowed to the position, Makai Lemon has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Makai Lemon is not on the injury report.

Ryan Flournoy is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Makai Lemon played 76 percent of PHI snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Makai Lemon, Week 5 against JAX: 50 of 62 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 43 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 6 against CAR: 52 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 7 against DAL: 60 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 67 yards, 1 touchdown.

Makai Lemon, Week 8 against WAS: 9 targets and 6 catches for 57 yards.

Through Week 8, Ryan Flournoy played 75 percent of DAL snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 5 against TB: 41 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 90 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 6 against GB: 68 of 78 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 7 against PHI: 53 of 68 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 70 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 8 against ARI: 1 carry for 3 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 38 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Ryan Flournoy played 16 games for DAL and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 271 air yards.

He was on the field for 41 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 Makai Lemon for Ryan Flournoy?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Ryan Flournoy projects 65 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.1 a game over 8 games), Makai Lemon 47 (5.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Makai Lemon over Ryan Flournoy. So make the move after his Week 9 game.

  • Should I drop Ryan Flournoy for Makai Lemon?

    No. Keep Ryan Flournoy: he projects 65 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.1 a game over 8 games), Makai Lemon 47 (5.9 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Makai Lemon over Ryan Flournoy.

Should I drop Ryan Flournoy?

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