Should I start Josh Downs or Jerry Jeudy in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jerry Jeudy, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Josh Downs is 1.2 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.

The market-based projection for Jerry Jeudy is 1.1 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Josh Downs has been on the field for 81 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.

Through Week 6, Jerry Jeudy has been on the field for 59 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 3 of 3 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYJ he caught 3 of 7 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BAL he caught 4 of 4 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jerry Jeudy played 17 games and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jerry Jeudy was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Josh Downs scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Jerry Jeudy 7.1, 1.4 a game between them.

Josh Downs finished WR44 that year and Jerry Jeudy WR52.

Jerry Jeudy had 18 more targets than Josh Downs, 106 to 88.

Jerry Jeudy had 36 more receiving yards than Josh Downs, 602 to 566.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 59 percent.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Josh Downs is off in Week 13 and Jerry Jeudy in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.