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Should I start Kalif Raymond or Jake Ferguson in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 3:51 PM ET.

Start Kalif Raymond: his market-based projection is 0.2 points a game ahead of Jake Ferguson's this season.

Should I drop Kalif Raymond for Jake Ferguson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jake Ferguson projects 78 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.8 a game over 10 games), Kalif Raymond 66 (6.6 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.

WR42 · CHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
6.5 pts a game

TE19 · DAL · bye 14

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection
6.3 pts a game

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The gap

  • Price difference0.2 points a game
  • Board size310 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 the market projection.

The market-based projections

Kalif Raymond's market-based projection is 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 107th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

Jake Ferguson's market-based projection is 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 108th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kalif Raymond, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jake Ferguson, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Kalif Raymond has been on the field for 60 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 6, Jake Ferguson has been on the field for 68 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 1 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jake Ferguson played 17 games and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.

He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 7.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jake Ferguson was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jake Ferguson scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Kalif Raymond 4.5, 6.6 a game between them.

Kalif Raymond finished WR94 and Jake Ferguson TE5, which are two different ladders.

Kalif Raymond is a wide receiver and Jake Ferguson a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kalif Raymond is off in Week 10 and Jake Ferguson in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Kalif Raymond for Jake Ferguson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Jake Ferguson projects 78 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.8 a game over 10 games), Kalif Raymond 66 (6.6 a game over 10 games).

  • Should I drop Jake Ferguson for Kalif Raymond?

    No. Keep Jake Ferguson: he projects 78 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.8 a game over 10 games), Kalif Raymond 66 (6.6 a game over 10 games).

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