Should I start Caleb Douglas or Quentin Johnston in Week 9?
Updated Nov 4, 6:11 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Week 9 verdict
Start Quentin Johnston over Caleb Douglas
Johnston projects lower, 6.8 to 8.3, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 98 for Johnston, 215 for Douglas.

- Market projects
- 6.8
- fantasy pts
- HOU D vs WR
- 37.3
- 4th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 81%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 14%
- Through Week 8

- Market projects
- 8.3
- fantasy pts
- DET D vs WR
- 37.7
- 3rd most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 82%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 19%
- Through Week 8
Start Quentin Johnston over Caleb Douglas in Week 9. Johnston projects lower, 6.8 to 8.3, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 98 for Johnston, 215 for Douglas.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
WR26 · MIA · bye 6
- Market-based projection
- 9.3 pts a game
WR31 · LAC · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 0-6
- Market-based projection
- 7.0 pts a game
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The gap
- Price difference2.3 points a game
- Board size306 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from the market projection.
The market-based projections
Caleb Douglas's market-based projection is 9.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 70th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.
Quentin Johnston's market-based projection is 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 83rd highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Caleb Douglas, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Quentin Johnston, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Caleb Douglas has been on the field for 82 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 8 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 14 two minute targets.
His 19 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.
In Week 2 against SF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against NYJ he caught 2 of 3 targets for 70 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 8 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 43 yards and did not score.
Through Week 8, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 81 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 8 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 22 two minute targets.
His 26 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.
In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 44 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 57 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against LAR he caught 4 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
Caleb Douglas is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
In 2025 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.
He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.
That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season Caleb Douglas holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 81 percent.
This season Caleb Douglas holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 14 percent.
Byes and availability
Caleb Douglas is off in Week 6 and Quentin Johnston in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
2.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.
The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.
Both players in full
Week 9 on the board
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