Should I start Ja'Kobi Lane or Dontayvion Wicks in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Kobi Lane, and the board ranks him 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ja'Kobi Lane is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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 Dontayvion Wicks is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 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.

Ja'Kobi Lane's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Ja'Kobi Lane has been on the field for 46 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 10.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 79 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 8 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Ja'Kobi Lane is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 46 percent.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Ja'Kobi Lane is off in Week 13 and Dontayvion Wicks in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as questionable on the injury report.