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Should I start Jalen Coker or Makai Lemon in Week 8?

Updated Nov 3, 3:46 AM ET.

Start Makai Lemon: 86 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jalen Coker's 76 percent of the snaps and 22 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 Makai Lemon for Jalen Coker?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jalen Coker projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (13.1 a game over 9 games), Makai Lemon 47 (5.9 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.

Jalen Coker

WR46 · CAR · bye 5

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection
13.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
121

Makai Lemon

WR50 · PHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-7

Market-based projection
10.7 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
133

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The gap

  • Board size297 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 Jalen Coker, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Makai Lemon, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jalen Coker is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 2.0 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 70 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 6 of 13 targets for 97 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against GB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 76 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 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 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, 76 percent against 70 percent.

This season Jalen Coker holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Jalen Coker is off in Week 5 and Makai Lemon in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Makai Lemon for Jalen Coker?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Jalen Coker projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (13.1 a game over 9 games), Makai Lemon 47 (5.9 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Jalen Coker for Makai Lemon?

    No. Keep Jalen Coker: he projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (13.1 a game over 9 games), Makai Lemon 47 (5.9 a game over 8 games).

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