Jakobi Meyers vs. DeVonta Smith: Who Should You Start in Week 9?

Start Jakobi Meyers. DeVonta Smith is on a bye, and Jakobi Meyers is projected for 9.8 PPR points vs BAL.

Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET

Jakobi Meyers vs. DeVonta Smith: Week 9 side by side

Jakobi Meyers
WR · JAX
DeVonta Smith
WR · PHI
Projection (Week 9, avg of sources)9.8—
Floor (lowest source)9.3—
Ceiling (highest source)10.7—
StatChasers projection9.6 (WR45)—
Opponentvs BALBye
Opponent vs. position8th-softest (35.0 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage17% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRWR
Our callSIT · BenchSIT · No projection

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Jakobi Meyers vs. DeVonta Smith Week 9 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Jakobi Meyers or DeVonta Smith in Week 9?

Start Jakobi Meyers. DeVonta Smith is on a bye, while Jakobi Meyers projects for 9.8 PPR points vs BAL.

Who has the better matchup in Week 9, Jakobi Meyers or DeVonta Smith?

Jakobi Meyers plays BAL and DeVonta Smith is on a bye in Week 9.

Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.

Does PPR scoring change Jakobi Meyers vs. DeVonta Smith?

These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.

Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.

Are Jakobi Meyers and DeVonta Smith playing in Week 9?

Jakobi Meyers has no injury designation, and DeVonta Smith is on a bye.

Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.

Where do the Jakobi Meyers and DeVonta Smith projections come from?

Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Jakobi Meyers is projected by 6 of them and DeVonta Smith by 0.

A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.

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