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Should I start Savion Williams or DeMario Douglas in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 3:46 AM ET.

Week 9 verdict

Start

WR · NE · vs GB

Market projects
7.7
recent weeks avg
GB D vs WR
35.7
9th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share
55%
Through Week 8
Target share
16%
Through Week 8
Sit

WR · GB · at NE

Market projects
5.9
fantasy pts
NE D vs WR
32.1
13th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share
56%
Through Week 8
Target share
7%
Through Week 8
Start Douglas or Williams? The full Week 9 breakdown

Start DeMario Douglas: 57 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Savion Williams's 56 percent of the snaps and 7 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Savion Williams for DeMario Douglas?

Yes, on the rest of the season. DeMario Douglas projects 62 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.8 a game over 8 games), Savion Williams 51 (6.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts DeMario Douglas over Savion Williams.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

WR18 · GB · bye unlisted

2025 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
6.0 pts a game

WR42 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 3-5

Market-based projection
9.5 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
106

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The gap

  • Board size297 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Savion Williams, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Savion Williams's market-based projection is 6.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 30th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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, Savion Williams has been on the field for 56 percent of GB snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 7.0 air yards.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DET he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CAR he carried 1 time for 18 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 55 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 Savion Williams played 12 games and scored 25.5 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing WR144.

He caught 10 of 10 targets for 78 yards and 1 touchdown, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 7.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 12 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 Savion Williams 2.1, 3.5 a game between them.

Savion Williams finished WR144 that year and DeMario Douglas WR65.

DeMario Douglas had 36 more targets than Savion Williams, 46 to 10.

DeMario Douglas had 369 more receiving yards than Savion Williams, 447 to 78.

This season Savion Williams holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 55 percent.

This season DeMario Douglas holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

DeMario Douglas is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Savion Williams.

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.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Savion Williams for DeMario Douglas?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. DeMario Douglas projects 62 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.8 a game over 8 games), Savion Williams 51 (6.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts DeMario Douglas over Savion Williams.

  • Should I drop DeMario Douglas for Savion Williams?

    No. Keep DeMario Douglas: he projects 62 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.8 a game over 8 games), Savion Williams 51 (6.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts DeMario Douglas over Savion Williams.

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