Should I start Chimere Dike or Ja'Kobi Lane in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chimere Dike, and the board ranks him 191st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Kobi Lane, and the board ranks him 195th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chimere Dike is 1.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Ja'Kobi Lane is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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.

Chimere Dike's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Chimere Dike has been on the field for 12 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he was not given the ball.

Through Week 6, Ja'Kobi Lane has been on the field for 46 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 10.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chimere Dike played 17 games and scored 126.1 PPR points, 7.4 a game, finishing WR50.

He caught 48 of 74 targets for 423 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ja'Kobi Lane is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Ja'Kobi Lane holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 12 percent.

This season Ja'Kobi Lane holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Chimere Dike is off in Week 9 and Ja'Kobi Lane in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.