Joe Royer TE

CLE · PUP — Personal — Week 9 at NO, who allow the 7th-most points to TEs — recently Isaiah Likely put up 17.9 on them (W6), Darnell Washington put up 6.4 on them (W7).

Should you start Joe Royer this week?

Joe Royer projects 1.0 PPR points in week 9 at NO — the 7th-ranked matchup for TEs. Start him if that clears your other options at TE — run the exact head-to-head in Start/Sit below, or jump straight to a comparison.

The week 8 angle vs NO: 249.7 passing yards a game allowed (7.6/attempt) · 1.6 TDs/gm through the air · 0.6 INTs/gm — all of it adding up to the 7th-most fantasy points allowed to TEs. Receipts and the full profile: how NO defends TEs, linked under The matchup below.

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Week 9 proj
1.0
PPR · 0.6 std
Matchup
7th
NO vs TEs

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Upcoming schedule & projections

WkOppStd½ PPRPPRMatchup
W9@ NO Sun, Nov 8 0.60.81.0 7th · soft
W10vs HOU Sun, Nov 15 0.60.81.0 28th · tough
W12vs LV Sun, Nov 29 0.60.81.0 4th · soft
W13vs CIN Sun, Dec 6 0.60.81.0 14th
W14vs ATL Sun, Dec 13 0.50.70.9 12th
W15@ NYG Sun, Dec 20 0.60.81.0 21st
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The matchup

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.