Should I start Josh Downs or Kevin Coleman in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kevin Coleman, and the board ranks him 180th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Josh Downs is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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 Kevin Coleman is 0.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 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 so far

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 5, Kevin Coleman has been on the field for 51 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 3 against KC he caught 1 of 4 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIN he caught 1 of 4 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Kevin Coleman is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 51 percent.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

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