Darnell Mooney WR

NYG — Week 9 at PHI, who allow the 1st-most points to WRs — recently CeeDee Lamb put up 19.4 on them (W7), Stefon Diggs put up 9.8 on them (W8).

Should you start Darnell Mooney this week?

Darnell Mooney projects 2.7 PPR points in week 9 at PHI — the 1st-ranked matchup for WRs, averaging 2.4 over his last three. Start him if that clears your other options at WR — run the exact head-to-head in Start/Sit below, or jump straight to a comparison.

The week 9 angle vs PHI: 244 passing yards a game allowed (7.15/attempt) · 1.5 TDs/gm through the air · 0.4 INTs/gm — all of it adding up to the 1st-most fantasy points allowed to WRs. Receipts and the full profile: how PHI defends WRs, linked under The matchup below.

→ Holding steady
→ snaps/gm 38.5 → 37.5 (-3%) · → target share % 9.5 → 9 (-5%)
Week 7 vs HOU: 1.7 pts · 1 car · 3 tgt · 36 snaps
Trend reads volume — snaps, targets and carries — not fantasy points, which swing on touchdowns.
Week 9 proj
2.7
PPR · 1.8 std
Matchup
1st
PHI vs WRs
Form
2.4
PPR pts/gm, last 3 played

What Vegas expects (week 9): 12.5 receiving yards · 12% anytime-TD — de-vigged sportsbook consensus, shown for information; we take no bets.

Usage & TD luck (2026 · 7 games): 54.9% offensive snaps · 3.1 targets/game, 9.5% target share · 13.7% air-yard share (aDOT 13.6) · 1.3 catches for 16.1 yards/game, 0 TD. 2025 baseline (15 games): 81.9% offensive snaps, 4.8 targets/game, 16.2% target share, 28% air-yard share (aDOT 14.2), 2.1 catches for 29.5 yards/game, 1 TD. (2026) TD luck: 0 scored vs 0.6 expected — neutral. Usage moves before production — snaps and share shifts are the earliest real signal.

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Upcoming schedule & projections

WkOppStd½ PPRPPRMatchup
W9@ PHI Sun, Nov 8 1.82.22.7 1st · soft
W10vs WAS Thu, Nov 12 2.32.93.4 14th
W11vs JAX Sun, Nov 22 1.92.53.1 9th
W12@ IND Sun, Nov 29 2.02.63.1 23rd
W13vs SF Sun, Dec 6 1.82.32.9 22nd
W14@ SEA Sun, Dec 13 1.82.32.8 32nd · tough
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The matchup

Game log

WkOppStd½ PPRPPR
W7HOU1 car, 3 yd · 1/3 rec, 4 yd 0.71.21.7
W6NO1 car, 20 yd · 0/2 rec, 0 yd 2.02.02.0
W5WAS2/7 rec, 14 yd 1.42.43.4
W3TEN1 car, 9 yd · 2/3 rec, 20 yd 2.93.94.9
W2LAR2/3 rec, 48 yd 4.85.86.8
W1DAL2/2 rec, 27 yd 2.73.74.7
All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly. Matchup ranks read 1–32, where 1st allows the most points to the position — the matchup you want.