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Should I start Tyler Huntley or DeMario Douglas in Week 8?

Updated Nov 2, 8:31 PM ET.

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Start Tyler Huntley: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against DeMario Douglas's 57 percent of the snaps and 19 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 Tyler Huntley 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), Tyler Huntley 58 (7.3 a game over 8 games). Tyler Huntley is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

QB13 · BAL · bye 13

2026 vs pass yds line 2-2

Market-based projection
16.8 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank
92

WR37 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 3-5

Market-based projection
9.5 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
94

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The gap

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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 Tyler Huntley, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Tyler Huntley, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for DeMario Douglas, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Tyler Huntley has been on the field for 88 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 130 times and thrown 6.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 24 of 130 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 6 against CLE he completed 19 of 31 passes for 165 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 28 yards.

In Week 7 against CIN he completed 23 of 34 passes for 298 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 12 yards.

In Week 8 against BUF he completed 2 of 4 passes for 0 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

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 Tyler Huntley played 5 games and scored 40.1 PPR points, 8.0 a game, finishing QB47.

He threw for 426 yards on 67 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran for 151 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 13.4 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 26 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 12 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Huntley scored 8.0 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 2.4 a game between them.

Tyler Huntley finished QB47 and DeMario Douglas WR65, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Huntley is a quarterback and DeMario Douglas a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tyler Huntley is off in Week 13 and DeMario Douglas in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tyler Huntley is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Tyler Huntley 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), Tyler Huntley 58 (7.3 a game over 8 games). Tyler Huntley is listed out.

  • Should I drop DeMario Douglas for Tyler Huntley?

    No. Keep DeMario Douglas: he projects 62 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.8 a game over 8 games), Tyler Huntley 58 (7.3 a game over 8 games). Tyler Huntley is listed out.

Both players in full

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