Should I start Jahan Dotson or Makai Lemon in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 10:36 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Makai Lemon: 79 percent of the snaps and 18 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 Makai Lemon?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Makai Lemon projects 68 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.8 a game over 10 games), Jahan Dotson 50 (5.0 a game over 10 games). Makai Lemon is listed questionable.

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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.

Jahan Dotson

WR22 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection: 5.3 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 55

Makai Lemon

WR66 · PHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Market-based projection: 5.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 153

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The gap

Board size299 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 Jahan Dotson, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Makai Lemon, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Jahan Dotson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for Makai Lemon is 1.1 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.

This season through Week 6

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 6, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 72 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 5.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 7 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

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

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.

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

Head to head

This season Makai Lemon holds the bigger snap share, 72 percent against 70 percent.

This season Makai Lemon holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Makai Lemon is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Jahan Dotson for Makai Lemon?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Makai Lemon projects 68 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.8 a game over 10 games), Jahan Dotson 50 (5.0 a game over 10 games). Makai Lemon is listed questionable.
Should I drop Makai Lemon for Jahan Dotson?
No. Keep Makai Lemon: he projects 68 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.8 a game over 10 games), Jahan Dotson 50 (5.0 a game over 10 games). Makai Lemon is listed questionable.