Should I start Roman Wilson or DeMario Douglas in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Roman Wilson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 186th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeMario Douglas: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 188th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Roman Wilson is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Roman Wilson has been on the field for 48 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 15.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 60 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 6 targets for 74 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against IND he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 53 percent of NE snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 11.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 1 of 5 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Roman Wilson played 13 games and scored 38.6 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR122.

He caught 12 of 21 targets for 166 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 57 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 31 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 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DeMario Douglas scored 5.6 PPR points a game and Roman Wilson 3.0, 2.7 a game between them.

Roman Wilson finished WR122 that year and DeMario Douglas WR65.

DeMario Douglas had 25 more targets than Roman Wilson, 46 to 21.

DeMario Douglas had 281 more receiving yards than Roman Wilson, 447 to 166.

This season DeMario Douglas holds the bigger snap share, 53 percent against 48 percent.

This season DeMario Douglas holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Roman Wilson is off in Week 9 and DeMario Douglas in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Roman Wilson is listed as out on the injury report.