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Should I start Garrett Wilson or Makai Lemon in Week 9?

Updated Nov 4, 9:16 AM ET.

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Garrett Wilson and Makai Lemon are too close to call on usage: 88 percent of the snaps and 24 percent of the targets against 91 percent of the snaps and 21 percent of the targets over their last 3 games. 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 Makai Lemon for Garrett Wilson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Garrett Wilson projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.7 a game over 8 games), Makai Lemon 33 (4.1 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.

Garrett Wilson

WR55 · NYJ · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 3-5

Market-based projection
14.4 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
151

Makai Lemon

WR57 · PHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-7

Market-based projection
10.7 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
154

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The gap

  • Board size306 draftable players

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 Garrett Wilson, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Makai Lemon, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Garrett Wilson is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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 Makai Lemon is 2.4 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 88 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 20 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 63 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LV he caught 6 of 12 targets for 83 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 2025 seasons

In 2025 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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

Head to head

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 78 percent.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Garrett Wilson is off in Week 13 and Makai Lemon in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Makai Lemon for Garrett Wilson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Garrett Wilson projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.7 a game over 8 games), Makai Lemon 33 (4.1 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Garrett Wilson for Makai Lemon?

    No. Keep Garrett Wilson: he projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.7 a game over 8 games), Makai Lemon 33 (4.1 a game over 8 games).

Should I drop Makai Lemon?

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