Darnell Mooney · Tory Horton · 2026 week 9

Darnell Mooney or Tory Horton?

Wondering who you should start this week — Darnell Mooney or Tory Horton? The start/sit call and the numbers behind it are below, plus who wins a straight-up trade. Rebuilt nightly.

Start Tory Horton — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.7 points. The matchup leans Tory Horton (ARI allow the 6th-most WR points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 9	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Darnell Mooney	@ PHI	2.7	1st · soft	2.4	–	healthy
Tory Horton START	vs ARI	3.4	6th · soft	5.8	–	healthy

WRs vs PHI recently: Jalen Coker 9.7 pts (W6) · CeeDee Lamb 19.4 pts (W7) · Stefon Diggs 9.8 pts (W8).

WRs vs ARI recently: Puka Nacua 8 pts (W6) · Marvin Mims Jr. 5.6 pts (W7) · Ryan Flournoy 10.1 pts (W8).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.7 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Darnell Mooney faces PHI, 1st most generous to WRs.
Tory Horton faces ARI, 6th most generous to WRs.

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Their trade values are effectively even — a one-for-one is a fair swap on the numbers.

Open in Start/Sit (any scoring) Open in the Trade Analyzer

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All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly.