Should I start Ja'Kobi Lane or Kalif Raymond in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Ja'Kobi Lane's market-based projection is 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 109th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Kalif Raymond's market-based projection is 5.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 118th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Kobi Lane, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kalif Raymond, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Ja'Kobi Lane has been on the field for 54 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 29 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 25 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

Ja'Kobi Lane is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

This season Kalif Raymond holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 54 percent.

This season Ja'Kobi Lane holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Ja'Kobi Lane is off in Week 13 and Kalif Raymond in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.0 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.