Should I start Jalen Nailor or Kalif Raymond in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Nailor, and the board ranks him 181st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kalif Raymond, and the board ranks him 182nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jalen Nailor is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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 Kalif Raymond is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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.

Jalen Nailor'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 Nailor has been on the field for 54 percent of LV snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 1 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 42 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 11.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NYJ he caught 4 of 4 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Kalif Raymond has been on the field for 62 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 70 third down targets, had 0 of its 40 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against SEA he carried 1 time for 39 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Jalen Nailor was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jalen Nailor scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Kalif Raymond 4.5, 1.5 a game between them.

Jalen Nailor finished WR61 that year and Kalif Raymond WR94.

Jalen Nailor had 23 more targets than Kalif Raymond, 53 to 30.

Jalen Nailor had 155 more receiving yards than Kalif Raymond, 444 to 289.

This season Kalif Raymond holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 54 percent.

This season Kalif Raymond holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

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