Should I start Romeo Doubs or Tyquan Thornton in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 1:11 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start Tyquan Thornton: 57 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Romeo Doubs's 52 percent of the snaps and 13 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 · NE · bye 11
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- Overall rank
- 270
WR · KC · bye 5
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- Overall rank
- 271
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The gap
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Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Romeo Doubs, 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 271st overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Romeo Doubs, 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, Romeo Doubs has been on the field for 58 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 7 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 25 two minute targets.
His 24 targets have averaged 17.6 air yards.
In Week 4 against BUF he caught 6 of 9 targets for 58 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 5 against LV he caught 1 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 1 target for 42 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 Romeo Doubs played 16 games and scored 165.4 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing WR37.
He caught 55 of 85 targets for 724 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.
That came to 5.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 78 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.
Romeo Doubs was available for 2 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Romeo Doubs scored 10.3 PPR points a game and Tyquan Thornton 5.8, 4.6 a game between them.
Romeo Doubs finished WR37 that year and Tyquan Thornton WR81.
Romeo Doubs had 48 more targets than Tyquan Thornton, 85 to 37.
Romeo Doubs had 286 more receiving yards than Tyquan Thornton, 724 to 438.
This season Tyquan Thornton holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 58 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 13 percent each.
Byes and availability
Romeo Doubs is off in Week 11 and Tyquan Thornton in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.
Romeo Doubs is listed as ir on the injury report.
Tyquan Thornton is listed as ir on the injury report.
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