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Should I start Tez Johnson or Kalif Raymond in Week 7?

Updated Oct 23, 2:51 AM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

WR · TB · at CAR

Market projects
6.5
fantasy pts
CAR D vs WR
29.4
8th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
8 of 100 at WR
Snap share
34%
Through Week 6
Target share
7%
Through Week 6
Sit

WR · CHI · vs NE · final

Market projected
6.4
pre-game
NE D vs WR
31.7
16th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
38 of 100 at WR
Snap share
60%
Through Week 6
Target share
15%
Through Week 6
Start Johnson or Raymond? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Tez Johnson over Kalif Raymond in Week 7: 6.5 to 6.4 projected PPR points.

Should I drop Tez Johnson for Kalif Raymond?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Kalif Raymond projects 59 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.6 a game over 9 games), Tez Johnson 45 (5.0 a game over 9 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

WR47 · TB · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Market-based projection
6.5 pts a game

WR49 · CHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Market-based projection
6.4 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank
138

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The gap

  • Board size324 draftable players

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 Tez Johnson, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kalif Raymond, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Tez Johnson's market-based projection is 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 115th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Kalif Raymond, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Tez Johnson has been on the field for 34 percent of TB snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 20.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 2 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Kalif Raymond has been on the field for 60 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tez Johnson played 16 games and scored 92.4 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR67.

He caught 28 of 44 targets for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Tez Johnson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tez Johnson scored 5.8 PPR points a game and Kalif Raymond 4.5, 1.3 a game between them.

Tez Johnson finished WR67 that year and Kalif Raymond WR94.

Tez Johnson had 14 more targets than Kalif Raymond, 44 to 30.

Tez Johnson had 33 more receiving yards than Kalif Raymond, 322 to 289.

This season Kalif Raymond holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 34 percent.

This season Kalif Raymond holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Kalif Raymond is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Tez Johnson.

What would change the answer

Kalif Raymond has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Tez Johnson for Kalif Raymond?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Kalif Raymond projects 59 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.6 a game over 9 games), Tez Johnson 45 (5.0 a game over 9 games).

  • Should I drop Kalif Raymond for Tez Johnson?

    No. Keep Kalif Raymond: he projects 59 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.6 a game over 9 games), Tez Johnson 45 (5.0 a game over 9 games).

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