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Should I start Eli Raridon or Makai Lemon in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 9:21 AM ET.

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Start Makai Lemon: 91 percent of the snaps and 21 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Eli Raridon's 68 percent of the snaps and 14 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 Eli Raridon for Makai Lemon?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Makai Lemon projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.9 a game over 8 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).

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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.

Eli Raridon

TE20 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection
6.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
115

Makai Lemon

WR48 · PHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-7

Market-based projection
10.7 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
116

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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 Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Makai Lemon, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Makai Lemon is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 56 percent of NE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 7.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 56 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 1 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 78 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 78 third down targets, had 1 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 46 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DAL he caught 7 of 8 targets for 67 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against WAS he caught 6 of 9 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

Their last full seasons

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Eli Raridon is a tight end and Makai Lemon a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Eli Raridon is off in Week 11 and Makai Lemon in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Eli Raridon for Makai Lemon?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Makai Lemon projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.9 a game over 8 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Makai Lemon for Eli Raridon?

    No. Keep Makai Lemon: he projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.9 a game over 8 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).

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