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Should I start Makai Lemon or Jauan Jennings in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 7:41 PM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

WR · PHI · vs DAL

Market projects
6.4
recent weeks avg
DAL D vs WR
36.2
7th most to WRs (2026)
Upside
Rising
70 of 100 at WR
Snap share
72%
Through Week 6
Target share
15%
Through Week 6
Sit

WR · MIN · vs IND

Market projects
5.7
recent weeks avg
IND D vs WR
30.8
13th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
46 of 100 at WR
Snap share
74%
Through Week 5
Target share
5%
Through Week 5
Start Lemon or Jennings? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Makai Lemon over Jauan Jennings in Week 7: 6.4 to 5.7 PPR points a game over recent weeks. Lemon faces DAL, which allows the 7th most fantasy points to WRs.

Should I drop Jauan Jennings for Makai Lemon?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Makai Lemon projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 10 games), Jauan Jennings 13 (1.2 a game over 11 games). For Week 7 the call starts Makai Lemon over Jauan Jennings.

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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.

WR74 · PHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Market-based projection
5.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
200

WR77 · MIN · bye 6

2026 vs anytime td line 0-4

Overall rank
203

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The gap

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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 Makai Lemon, and the board ranks him 200th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jauan Jennings, and the board ranks him 203rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Makai Lemon is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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 Jauan Jennings is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 72 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 5.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 7 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

This season Jauan Jennings holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 72 percent.

This season Makai Lemon holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Makai Lemon is off in Week 10 and Jauan Jennings in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Jauan Jennings for Makai Lemon?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Makai Lemon projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 10 games), Jauan Jennings 13 (1.2 a game over 11 games). For Week 7 the call starts Makai Lemon over Jauan Jennings.

  • Should I drop Makai Lemon for Jauan Jennings?

    No. Keep Makai Lemon: he projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 10 games), Jauan Jennings 13 (1.2 a game over 11 games). For Week 7 the call starts Makai Lemon over Jauan Jennings.

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