Should I start Dontayvion Wicks or Josh Downs in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Josh Downs is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

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

This season through Week 6

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.

Through Week 6, Josh Downs has been on the field for 81 percent of IND snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 3 of 4 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 3 of 6 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Josh Downs was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Josh Downs scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 3.1 a game between them.

Dontayvion Wicks finished WR83 that year and Josh Downs WR44.

Josh Downs had 42 more targets than Dontayvion Wicks, 88 to 46.

Josh Downs had 234 more receiving yards than Dontayvion Wicks, 566 to 332.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 79 percent.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as questionable on the injury report.