Start Makai Lemon or Brian Thomas Jr.? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Makai Lemon over Brian Thomas Jr.
- Market projects
- 7.8
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 67%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 14%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 6.4
- fantasy pts
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Our Week 5 call
Start Makai Lemon over Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Makai Lemon at 7.8 points and Brian Thomas Jr. at 6.4, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 7.9 fantasy points for Makai Lemon, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Makai Lemon at 33.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (14, 14 and 16 market sources).
Player markets imply 6.4 fantasy points for Brian Thomas Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Brian Thomas Jr. at 24.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (13, 16 and 16 market sources).
That puts Makai Lemon 1.4 points ahead of Brian Thomas Jr. on the market projections.
Injury status
Makai Lemon is not on the injury report.
Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Makai Lemon played 67 percent of PHI snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
Makai Lemon, Week 1 against WAS: 35 of 55 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for -5 yards.
Makai Lemon, Week 2 against TEN: 48 of 76 snaps, 1 carry for -5 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 14 yards.
Makai Lemon, Week 3 against CHI: 35 of 50 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 29 yards.
Makai Lemon, Week 4 against LAR: 45 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR51 · PHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 0-4
- Overall rank
- 129
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 17
Ranked behind
WR57 · JAX · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 150
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 20
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board21
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 17 and tier 20
- Board size280 draftable players
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