Should I start DeMario Douglas or Courtland Sutton in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Courtland Sutton, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

DeMario Douglas's market-based projection is 8.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 54th highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Courtland Sutton is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 54 percent of NE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 4 of 5 targets for 65 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 7 of 8 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 78 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 7.3 a game between them.

DeMario Douglas finished WR65 that year and Courtland Sutton WR13.

Courtland Sutton had 78 more targets than DeMario Douglas, 124 to 46.

Courtland Sutton had 570 more receiving yards than DeMario Douglas, 1017 to 447.

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 54 percent.

This season DeMario Douglas holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

DeMario Douglas is off in Week 11 and Courtland Sutton in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Courtland Sutton has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.