Should I start Kalif Raymond or CeeDee Lamb in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 3:06 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start CeeDee Lamb: 77 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kalif Raymond's 61 percent of the snaps and 8 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.
Should I drop Kalif Raymond for CeeDee Lamb?
Yes, on the rest of the season. CeeDee Lamb projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 8 games), Kalif Raymond 52 (6.5 a game over 8 games).
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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.
WR19 · CHI · bye 10
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- Market-based projection
- 5.4 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 55
WR21 · DAL · bye 14
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- Market-based projection
- 19.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 58
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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 Kalif Raymond, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on CeeDee Lamb, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Kalif Raymond, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
The market-based projection for CeeDee Lamb is 4.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
This season so far
Through Week 7, Kalif Raymond has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 10 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.
His 31 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.
In Week 5 against GB he carried 1 time for -2 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against NE he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.
Through Week 8, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 79 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 25 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 3 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 16 of its 50 two minute targets.
His 92 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.
In Week 6 against GB he caught 9 of 18 targets for 70 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against PHI he caught 5 of 12 targets for 74 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 8 against ARI he caught 7 of 11 targets for 58 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Kalif Raymond played 15 games and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.
He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.
That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.
He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.
That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Kalif Raymond was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 CeeDee Lamb scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Kalif Raymond 4.5, 9.9 a game between them.
Kalif Raymond finished WR94 that year and CeeDee Lamb WR22.
CeeDee Lamb had 87 more targets than Kalif Raymond, 117 to 30.
CeeDee Lamb had 788 more receiving yards than Kalif Raymond, 1077 to 289.
This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 61 percent.
This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 14 percent.
Byes and availability
Kalif Raymond is off in Week 10 and CeeDee Lamb in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Kalif Raymond for CeeDee Lamb?
Yes, on the rest of the season. CeeDee Lamb projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 8 games), Kalif Raymond 52 (6.5 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop CeeDee Lamb for Kalif Raymond?
No. Keep CeeDee Lamb: he projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 8 games), Kalif Raymond 52 (6.5 a game over 8 games).
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