Start Kalif Raymond. Raymond is projected for 7.1 PPR points vs 6.7 for Caleb Douglas, and faces the 16th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Kalif Raymond WR · CHI | Caleb Douglas WR · MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 8.9 | 7.6 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs NE | vs NYJ |
| Opponent vs. position | 16th-toughest (31.7 pts/g allowed) | 12th-toughest (30.2 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 8% target share (last 3) | 20% target share (last 2) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Kalif Raymond. Raymond projects for 7.1 PPR points vs NE, against 6.7 for Caleb Douglas vs NYJ: a 0.4-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Kalif Raymond is projected to score more: 7.1 PPR points to 6.7 for Caleb Douglas.
The sources range from 5.3 to 8.9 for Raymond and from 5.3 to 7.6 for Douglas. The ranges overlap, so Douglas outscoring Raymond is a realistic result.
They share the same floor, 5.3 PPR points.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Kalif Raymond has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Raymond at 8.9 PPR points, against 7.6 for Caleb Douglas.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Kalif Raymond plays NE and Caleb Douglas plays NYJ in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Raymond faces the 16th-toughest defense against WRs and Douglas faces the 12th-toughest defense against WRs, so Kalif Raymond has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Kalif Raymond has drawn 8% of his team's targets, and Caleb Douglas 20% of his team's targets.
Caleb Douglas has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Caleb Douglas.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Kalif Raymond nor Caleb Douglas has an injury designation for Week 7.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Kalif Raymond is projected by 4 of them and Caleb Douglas by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.