Should I start Michael Wilson or DeMario Douglas in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Wilson, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Michael Wilson's market-based projection is 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 61st 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 through Week 8

Through Week 8, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 89 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 9 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 22 of its 57 two minute targets.

His 81 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he carried 2 times for 11 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DAL he carried 1 time for 17 yards, caught 8 of 15 targets for 111 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 Michael Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.

He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Michael Wilson scored 13.0 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 7.3 a game between them.

Michael Wilson finished WR10 that year and DeMario Douglas WR65.

Michael Wilson had 80 more targets than DeMario Douglas, 126 to 46.

Michael Wilson had 559 more receiving yards than DeMario Douglas, 1006 to 447.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 56 percent.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Michael Wilson is off in Week 14 and DeMario Douglas in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Michael Wilson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

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.