Ray Davis · Tahj Brooks · 2026 week 9

Ray Davis or Tahj Brooks?

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

Start Ray Davis — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.2 points. The matchup leans Ray Davis (MIN allow the 22nd-most RB points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 9	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Ray Davis START	@ MIN	0.9	22nd	3.1	–	healthy
Tahj Brooks	@ ATL	0.7	7th · soft	0.6	–	healthy

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

RBs vs ATL recently: D'Andre Swift 19 pts (W6) · Christian McCaffrey 16 pts (W7) · Bucky Irving 21 pts (W8).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.2 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Ray Davis faces MIN, 22nd most generous to RBs.
Tahj Brooks faces ATL, 7th 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.