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Should I start Keon Coleman or Tyquan Thornton in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 6:11 AM ET.

Start Keon Coleman: 65 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Tyquan Thornton's 57 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

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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.

WR · BUF · on bye this week

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Market-based projection
9.4 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
270

WR · KC · bye 5

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Overall rank
274

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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 Keon Coleman, and the board ranks him 270th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyquan Thornton, and the board ranks him 274th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Keon Coleman has been on the field for 64 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 14.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 6 of 7 targets for 116 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 4 of 6 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Tyquan Thornton has been on the field for 60 percent of KC snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 18.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 4 of 4 targets for 86 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 5 of 8 targets for 111 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keon Coleman played 13 games and scored 102.4 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR60.

He caught 38 of 59 targets for 404 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 4-5 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Tyquan Thornton played 14 games and scored 80.8 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR81.

He caught 19 of 37 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.6 targets a game, a 51 percent catch rate and 23.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyquan Thornton was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Keon Coleman scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Tyquan Thornton 5.8, 2.1 a game between them.

Keon Coleman finished WR60 that year and Tyquan Thornton WR81.

Keon Coleman had 22 more targets than Tyquan Thornton, 59 to 37.

Tyquan Thornton had 34 more receiving yards than Keon Coleman, 438 to 404.

This season Keon Coleman holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 60 percent.

This season Keon Coleman holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Keon Coleman is off in Week 7 and Tyquan Thornton in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tyquan Thornton is listed as ir on the injury report.

Both players in full

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