Should I start Joshua Palmer or DeMario Douglas in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Joshua Palmer, and the board ranks him 169th 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 Joshua Palmer, 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, Joshua Palmer has been on the field for 40 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 23.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 1 of 4 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 1 of 2 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

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 Joshua Palmer played 12 games and scored 52.3 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing WR105.

He caught 22 of 37 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 46 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 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DeMario Douglas scored 5.6 PPR points a game and Joshua Palmer 4.4, 1.3 a game between them.

Joshua Palmer finished WR105 that year and DeMario Douglas WR65.

DeMario Douglas had 9 more targets than Joshua Palmer, 46 to 37.

DeMario Douglas had 144 more receiving yards than Joshua Palmer, 447 to 303.

This season DeMario Douglas holds the bigger snap share, 53 percent against 40 percent.

This season DeMario Douglas holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

DeMario Douglas is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Joshua Palmer.