Should I start Jahan Dotson or Kyler Murray in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 1:36 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Kyler Murray: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jahan Dotson's 71 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 Jahan Dotson for Kyler Murray?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyler Murray projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), Jahan Dotson 53 (5.3 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Jahan Dotson

WR37 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection: 6.9 pts a game

Kyler Murray

QB16 · MIN · bye 6

2026 vs pass yds line 2-2

Overall rank: 104

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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 Jahan Dotson, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyler Murray, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.

The market-based projections

Jahan Dotson's market-based projection is 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 97th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Kyler Murray is 16.5 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 70 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 2 of 3 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 87 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Kyler Murray has been on the field for 80 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 122 times and thrown 6.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 16 of 122 dropbacks and scrambled 13 times.

In Week 3 against TB he completed 15 of 29 passes for 168 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 17 yards.

In Week 4 against MIA he completed 27 of 37 passes for 247 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 21 yards.

In Week 5 against NO he completed 24 of 29 passes for 229 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 54 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jahan Dotson played 17 games and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kyler Murray played 5 games and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.

He threw for 962 yards on 161 attempts with 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 32.2 attempts a game at 6.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jahan Dotson was available for 12 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kyler Murray scored 16.2 PPR points a game and Jahan Dotson 3.0, 13.2 a game between them.

Jahan Dotson finished WR109 and Kyler Murray QB38, which are two different ladders.

Jahan Dotson is a wide receiver and Kyler Murray a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jahan Dotson is off in Week 11 and Kyler Murray in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Kyler Murray has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Jahan Dotson for Kyler Murray?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyler Murray projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), Jahan Dotson 53 (5.3 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Kyler Murray for Jahan Dotson?
No. Keep Kyler Murray: he projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), Jahan Dotson 53 (5.3 a game over 10 games).