Should I start Marvin Harrison Jr. or DeMario Douglas in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Marvin Harrison Jr., and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 19; 2QB: ADP 41.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Marvin Harrison Jr.'s market-based projection is 6.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 97th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Marvin Harrison Jr. has been on the field for 21 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 20.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against NYG he caught 1 of 4 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 56 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 Marvin Harrison Jr. played 12 games and scored 127.8 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR49.

He caught 41 of 73 targets for 608 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 56 percent catch rate and 14.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 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 Marvin Harrison Jr. scored 10.7 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 5.0 a game between them.

Marvin Harrison Jr. finished WR49 that year and DeMario Douglas WR65.

Marvin Harrison Jr. had 27 more targets than DeMario Douglas, 73 to 46.

Marvin Harrison Jr. had 161 more receiving yards than DeMario Douglas, 608 to 447.

This season DeMario Douglas holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 21 percent.

This season DeMario Douglas holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Marvin Harrison Jr. is off in Week 8 and DeMario Douglas in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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