Ja'Tavion Sanders · Justin Joly · 2026 week 9

Ja'Tavion Sanders or Justin Joly?

Wondering who you should start this week — Ja'Tavion Sanders or Justin Joly? The start/sit call and the numbers behind it are below, plus who wins a straight-up trade. Rebuilt nightly.

Start Justin Joly — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.3 points. The matchup leans Justin Joly (DET allow the 1st-most TE points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 9	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Ja'Tavion Sanders	vs DEN	0.2	9th	–	–	healthy
Justin Joly START	vs DET	0.5	1st · soft	–	–	healthy

TEs vs DEN recently: AJ Barner 1.6 pts (W6) · Trey McBride 17.1 pts (W7) · Noah Gray 7.5 pts (W8).

TEs vs DET recently: Teagan Quitoriano 13.5 pts (W5) · Tucker Kraft 10.8 pts (W7) · T.J. Hockenson 11.8 pts (W8).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.3 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Ja'Tavion Sanders faces DEN, 9th most generous to TEs.
Justin Joly faces DET, 1st most generous to TEs.

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.