Jonathon Brooks · Tank Bigsby · 2026 week 9

Jonathon Brooks or Tank Bigsby?

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

Start Tank Bigsby — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.1 points. The matchup leans Tank Bigsby (PIT allow the 27th-most RB points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 9	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Jonathon Brooks	@ NO	2.3	1st · soft	4.7	–	IR
Tank Bigsby START	vs PIT	2.4	27th · tough	5.6	–	IR

RBs vs NO recently: Aaron Jones Sr. 15.7 pts (W5) · Tyrone Tracy Jr. 16.5 pts (W6) · Jaylen Warren 13.7 pts (W7).

RBs vs PIT recently: Bucky Irving 4.9 pts (W6) · Alvin Kamara 6.2 pts (W7) · Dylan Sampson 6.9 pts (W8).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.1 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Jonathon Brooks faces NO, 1st most generous to RBs.
Jonathon Brooks is flagged OUT.
Tank Bigsby faces PIT, 27th most generous to RBs.
Tank Bigsby is flagged OUT.

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.