Should I start Kalif Raymond or Darren Waller in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Kalif Raymond's market-based projection is 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 107th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

Darren Waller's market-based projection is 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 112th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kalif Raymond, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darren Waller, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Kalif Raymond has been on the field for 60 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 6, Darren Waller has been on the field for 46 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 5 of 8 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 6 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 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 Darren Waller played 9 games and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kalif Raymond was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Darren Waller scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Kalif Raymond 4.5, 5.4 a game between them.

Kalif Raymond finished WR94 and Darren Waller TE33, which are two different ladders.

Kalif Raymond is a wide receiver and Darren Waller a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kalif Raymond is off in Week 10 and Darren Waller in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 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.