Should I start Kalif Raymond or Ja'Marr Chase in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kalif Raymond, and the board ranks him 28th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Marr Chase, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

The market-based projections

Kalif Raymond's market-based projection is 5.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 30th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Ja'Marr Chase is 4.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

Ja'Marr Chase's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

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.

Through Week 7, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 77 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 9.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 6 of 10 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 62 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ja'Marr Chase was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Kalif Raymond 4.5, 15.1 a game between them.

Kalif Raymond finished WR94 that year and Ja'Marr Chase WR4.

Ja'Marr Chase had 155 more targets than Kalif Raymond, 185 to 30.

Ja'Marr Chase had 1123 more receiving yards than Kalif Raymond, 1412 to 289.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 61 percent.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Kalif Raymond is off in Week 10 and Ja'Marr Chase in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Ja'Marr Chase has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.