Should I start Cyrus Allen or Caleb Douglas in Week 7?
Updated Oct 20, 2:41 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Start Caleb Douglas: 89 percent of the snaps and 20 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Cyrus Allen's 9 percent of the snaps and 4 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR82 · KC · bye 5
- Overall rank
- 205
WR84 · MIA · bye 6
- Overall rank
- 214
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Cyrus Allen, and the board ranks him 205th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Caleb Douglas, and the board ranks him 214th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Cyrus Allen, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Caleb Douglas, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season so far
Through Week 6, Cyrus Allen has been on the field for 6 percent of KC snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 19 two minute targets.
His 4 targets have averaged 11.8 air yards.
In Week 3 against MIA he was not given the ball.
In Week 4 against LV he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against LAC he caught 2 of 2 targets for 27 yards and did not score.
Through Week 2, Caleb Douglas has been on the field for 89 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 6 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 3 of its 6 two minute targets.
His 10 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.
In Week 1 against LV he caught 5 of 7 targets for 94 yards and did not score.
In Week 2 against SF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.
Their last full seasons
Cyrus Allen is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Caleb Douglas is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Head to head
This season Caleb Douglas holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 6 percent.
This season Caleb Douglas holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 3 percent.
Byes and availability
Cyrus Allen is off in Week 5 and Caleb Douglas in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
Caleb Douglas is listed as out on the injury report.
Both players in full
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