Should I start DeMario Douglas or Ja'Kobi Lane in Week 8?

The market-based projections

DeMario Douglas's market-based projection is 7.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 76th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Ja'Kobi Lane's market-based projection is 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Kobi Lane, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, 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 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

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.

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

Through Week 7, Ja'Kobi Lane has been on the field for 54 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 29 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 25 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.

Ja'Kobi Lane is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season DeMario Douglas holds the bigger snap share, 55 percent against 54 percent.

This season DeMario Douglas holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

0.4 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.