Should I start Jauan Jennings or Josh Downs in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jauan Jennings, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jauan Jennings is 1.8 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.

The market-based projection for Josh Downs is 1.8 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Jauan Jennings has been on the field for 74 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Josh Downs has been on the field for 80 percent of IND snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 3 of 4 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 3 of 6 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jauan Jennings played 15 games and scored 173.3 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing WR33.

He caught 55 of 90 targets for 643 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Josh Downs was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jauan Jennings scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Josh Downs 8.5, 3.0 a game between them.

Jauan Jennings finished WR33 that year and Josh Downs WR44.

Jauan Jennings had 2 more targets than Josh Downs, 90 to 88.

Jauan Jennings had 77 more receiving yards than Josh Downs, 643 to 566.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 74 percent.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Jauan Jennings is off in Week 6 and Josh Downs in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.