Should I start Emeka Egbuka or DeMario Douglas in Week 6?
Updated Oct 19, 4:11 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.
Start Emeka Egbuka: 85 percent of the snaps and 26 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against DeMario Douglas's 51 percent of the snaps and 13 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.
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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.
WR42 · TB · bye 10
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- Market-based projection
- 9.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 106
WR65 · NE · bye 11
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- Market-based projection
- 4.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 175
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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 Emeka Egbuka, and the board ranks him 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Emeka Egbuka, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for DeMario Douglas, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 6
Through Week 6, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 85 percent of TB snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 19 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 41 two minute targets.
His 49 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.
In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 6 against PIT he caught 7 of 16 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 6, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 53 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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.
He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.
That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
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.
Both were available for 17 games that season.
Head to head
In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 5.9 a game between them.
Emeka Egbuka finished WR23 that year and DeMario Douglas WR65.
Emeka Egbuka had 81 more targets than DeMario Douglas, 127 to 46.
Emeka Egbuka had 491 more receiving yards than DeMario Douglas, 938 to 447.
This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 53 percent.
This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 17 percent.
Byes and availability
Emeka Egbuka is off in Week 10 and DeMario Douglas in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
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