Ray Davis · Sean Tucker · 2026 week 9

Ray Davis or Sean Tucker?

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

Start Sean Tucker — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.3 points. The matchup leans Sean Tucker (CHI allow the 30th-most RB points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 9	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Ray Davis	@ MIN	0.9	22nd	3.1	–	healthy
Sean Tucker START	@ CHI	1.2	30th · tough	6.7	–	healthy

RBs vs MIN recently: Kendre Miller 9 pts (W5) · Jonathan Taylor 17 pts (W7) · Jahmyr Gibbs 22.8 pts (W8).

RBs vs CHI recently: Bijan Robinson 5.3 pts (W6) · Rhamondre Stevenson 17.5 pts (W7) · Jadarian Price 3.7 pts (W8).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.3 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Ray Davis faces MIN, 22nd most generous to RBs.
Sean Tucker faces CHI, 30th most generous to RBs.

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.