Start Caleb Douglas or DeMario Douglas? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Caleb Douglas over DeMario Douglas in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Caleb Douglas at 8.3 points and DeMario Douglas at 7.7, a gap of 0.6. 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 7.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (4.8, 8.9 and 9.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.3 fantasy points for Caleb Douglas, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Caleb Douglas is 39 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 11 and 12 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for DeMario Douglas yet. His market-based projections were 4.8, 8.9 and 9.4 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 7.7, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 0.4 touchdowns (10 market sources).

That puts Caleb Douglas 0.6 points ahead of DeMario Douglas on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Caleb Douglas and MIA host DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DET allowed 37.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 176 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against DET.

DeMario Douglas and NE host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

GB allowed 34.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 152 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against GB.

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

Injury status

Caleb Douglas is not on the injury report.

DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Caleb Douglas played 82 percent of MIA snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Caleb Douglas, Week 1 against LV: 51 of 56 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 94 yards.

Caleb Douglas, Week 2 against SF: 51 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Caleb Douglas, Week 7 against NYJ: 44 of 65 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 70 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Caleb Douglas, Week 8 against NE: 56 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards.

Through Week 8, DeMario Douglas played 56 percent of NE snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

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: 40 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

DeMario Douglas, Week 7 against CHI: 35 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards.

DeMario Douglas, Week 8 against MIA: 39 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 76 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Caleb Douglas.
• Start Caleb Douglas over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Caleb Douglas.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over DeMario Douglas.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Cooper Kupp.