Start Kalif Raymond or Brian Thomas Jr.? Week 6
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Kalif Raymond over Brian Thomas Jr.
- Market projects
- 6.5
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 62%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 17%
- Through Week 5
- Market projects
- 4.1
- fantasy pts
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Our Week 6 call
Start Kalif Raymond over Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 6.
Market-based projections have Kalif Raymond at 6.5 points and Brian Thomas Jr. at 4.1, a gap of 2.4.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Kalif Raymond, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Kalif Raymond at 22.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 23% chance to score a touchdown (8, 8 and 10 market sources).
Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Brian Thomas Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Brian Thomas Jr. at 15.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (12, 12 and 11 market sources).
That puts Kalif Raymond 2.4 points ahead of Brian Thomas Jr. on the market projections.
Injury status
Kalif Raymond is not on the injury report.
Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 6
Through Week 5, Kalif Raymond played 62 percent of CHI snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
Kalif Raymond, Week 2 against MIN: 46 of 74 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 40 yards.
Kalif Raymond, Week 3 against PHI: 54 of 72 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 90 yards, 1 touchdown.
Kalif Raymond, Week 4 against NYJ: 47 of 93 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards.
Kalif Raymond, Week 5 against GB: 47 of 69 snaps, 1 carry for -2 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 6 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Kalif Raymond played 15 games for DET 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 and 132 air yards.
He was on the field for 38 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 6 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR22 · CHI · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 43
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 13
Ranked behind
WR28 · JAX · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 72
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 15
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board29
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 13 and tier 15
- Board size176 draftable players
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