Start DeMario Douglas or Brycen Tremayne? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start DeMario Douglas over Brycen Tremayne in Week 7.

Market-based projections have DeMario Douglas at 6.2 points and Brycen Tremayne at 5.4, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for DeMario Douglas this week yet, so his 6.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.8 and 6.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Brycen Tremayne this week yet, so his 5.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 6 (7.4 and 3.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for DeMario Douglas yet. His market-based projections were 5.8 and 6.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 6.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Brycen Tremayne yet. His market-based projections were 7.4 and 3.4 points in Weeks 4 and 6, an average of 5.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts DeMario Douglas 0.8 points ahead of Brycen Tremayne on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

DeMario Douglas and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 31.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 15th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 160 yards and a touchdown a game against CHI.

Brycen Tremayne and CAR host TB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TB allowed 30.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against TB.

By points allowed to the position, DeMario Douglas has the softer matchup.

Injury status

DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.

Brycen Tremayne is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, DeMario Douglas played 53 percent of NE snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 19 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

DeMario Douglas, Week 3 against JAX: 37 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 38 yards.

DeMario Douglas, Week 4 against BUF: 35 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

DeMario Douglas, Week 5 against LV: 37 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 65 yards, 2 touchdowns.

DeMario Douglas, Week 6 against NYJ: 8 targets and 7 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Brycen Tremayne played 54 percent of CAR snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Brycen Tremayne, Week 1 against CHI: 12 of 68 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Brycen Tremayne, Week 2 against ATL: 11 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Brycen Tremayne, Week 3 against CLE: 62 of 77 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 83 yards.

Brycen Tremayne, Week 4 against DET: 69 of 75 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, DeMario Douglas played 17 games for NE and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 233 air yards.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Brycen Tremayne played 16 games for CAR and scored 30.0 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing WR136.

He caught 14 of 18 targets for 160 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 102 air yards.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Cooper Kupp over DeMario Douglas.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Efton Chism III.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Efton Chism III.