Should I start DeMario Douglas or Tucker Kraft in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tucker Kraft, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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.

The market-based projection for Tucker Kraft is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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 9

Through Week 9, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 57 percent of NE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against GB he caught 5 of 9 targets for 102 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Tucker Kraft has been on the field for 82 percent of GB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 94 third down targets, had 3 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 52 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.

In Week 7 against DET he caught 4 of 6 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against CAR he caught 6 of 6 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against NE he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 1 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 Tucker Kraft played 8 games and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeMario Douglas was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tucker Kraft scored 14.7 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 9.0 a game between them.

DeMario Douglas finished WR65 and Tucker Kraft TE24, which are two different ladders.

DeMario Douglas is a wide receiver and Tucker Kraft a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.