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Should I start Garrett Wilson or DeMario Douglas in Week 8?

Updated Nov 3, 12:11 AM ET.

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Start Garrett Wilson: 92 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against DeMario Douglas's 57 percent of the snaps and 19 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.

Should I drop DeMario Douglas for Garrett Wilson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Garrett Wilson projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 8 games), DeMario Douglas 62 (7.8 a game over 8 games).

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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 · NYJ · bye 13

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Market-based projection
14.4 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
106

WR43 · NE · bye 11

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Market-based projection
9.5 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
107

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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 Garrett Wilson, 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 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Garrett Wilson is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 20 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 63 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LV he caught 6 of 12 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 55 percent of NE snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

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

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 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.

DeMario Douglas was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Garrett Wilson scored 14.2 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 8.6 a game between them.

Garrett Wilson finished WR62 that year and DeMario Douglas WR65.

Garrett Wilson had 13 more targets than DeMario Douglas, 59 to 46.

DeMario Douglas had 52 more receiving yards than Garrett Wilson, 447 to 395.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 55 percent.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Garrett Wilson is off in Week 13 and DeMario Douglas in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop DeMario Douglas for Garrett Wilson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Garrett Wilson projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 8 games), DeMario Douglas 62 (7.8 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Garrett Wilson for DeMario Douglas?

    No. Keep Garrett Wilson: he projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 8 games), DeMario Douglas 62 (7.8 a game over 8 games).

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