Should I start Elic Ayomanor or Kalif Raymond in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elic Ayomanor, and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kalif Raymond, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Elic Ayomanor is 0.9 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.

The market-based projection for Kalif Raymond is 0.9 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Elic Ayomanor has been on the field for 60 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 1 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 3 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Kalif Raymond has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 1 time for -2 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NE he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor played 16 games and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 46 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kalif Raymond played 15 games and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.

He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Elic Ayomanor was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Kalif Raymond 4.5, 2.8 a game between them.

Elic Ayomanor finished WR55 that year and Kalif Raymond WR94.

Elic Ayomanor had 59 more targets than Kalif Raymond, 89 to 30.

Elic Ayomanor had 226 more receiving yards than Kalif Raymond, 515 to 289.

This season Kalif Raymond holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 60 percent.

This season Kalif Raymond holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Elic Ayomanor is off in Week 9 and Kalif Raymond in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.