Should I start DeMario Douglas or Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Deebo Samuel Sr., and the board ranks him 271st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

DeMario Douglas's market-based projection is 8.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 93rd highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Deebo Samuel Sr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

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 5, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 57 percent of SF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against ARI he carried 2 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DEN he carried 3 times for 44 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against SEA he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 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 Deebo Samuel Sr. played 16 games and scored 188.2 PPR points, 11.8 a game, finishing WR25.

He caught 72 of 99 targets for 727 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 10.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeMario Douglas was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Deebo Samuel Sr. scored 11.8 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 6.1 a game between them.

DeMario Douglas finished WR65 that year and Deebo Samuel Sr. WR25.

Deebo Samuel Sr. had 53 more targets than DeMario Douglas, 99 to 46.

Deebo Samuel Sr. had 280 more receiving yards than DeMario Douglas, 727 to 447.

This season Deebo Samuel Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 54 percent.

This season DeMario Douglas holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

DeMario Douglas is off in Week 11 and Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Deebo Samuel Sr. has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.