Should I start DeMario Douglas or Laquon Treadwell in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Laquon Treadwell, and the board ranks him 173rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

DeMario Douglas's market-based projection is 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 43rd highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Laquon Treadwell is 0.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

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

This season through Week 6

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 6, Laquon Treadwell has been on the field for 76 percent of IND snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 13.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 6 targets for 42 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 2 of 8 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 2 of 5 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 Laquon Treadwell played 10 games.

He caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeMario Douglas was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

DeMario Douglas had 46 more targets than Laquon Treadwell, 46 to 0.

DeMario Douglas had 447 more receiving yards than Laquon Treadwell, 447 to 0.

This season Laquon Treadwell holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 54 percent.

This season DeMario Douglas holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

Laquon Treadwell has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.