Should I start Jalen Coker or Romeo Doubs in Week 8?

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 Romeo Doubs, and the board ranks him 270th 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 4 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.

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

This season so far

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 6, Romeo Doubs has been on the field for 58 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 17.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 6 of 9 targets for 58 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 1 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 1 target for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

In 2025 Romeo Doubs played 16 games and scored 165.4 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing WR37.

He caught 55 of 85 targets for 724 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 5.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Romeo Doubs was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Romeo Doubs scored 10.3 PPR points a game and Jalen Coker 8.2, 2.1 a game between them.

Jalen Coker finished WR69 that year and Romeo Doubs WR37.

Romeo Doubs had 42 more targets than Jalen Coker, 85 to 43.

Romeo Doubs had 330 more receiving yards than Jalen Coker, 724 to 394.

This season Jalen Coker holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 58 percent.

This season Jalen Coker holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Jalen Coker is off in Week 5 and Romeo Doubs in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Romeo Doubs is listed as ir on the injury report.