Start Darnell Mooney or DeMario Douglas? Week 4

Our Week 4 call

Start DeMario Douglas over Darnell Mooney in Week 4.

Market-based projections have DeMario Douglas at 6.9 points and Darnell Mooney at 4.5, a gap of 2.4.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.5 fantasy points for Darnell Mooney, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Darnell Mooney at 20.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (13, 16 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.9 fantasy points for DeMario Douglas, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has DeMario Douglas at 29.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (16, 17 and 15 market sources).

That puts DeMario Douglas 2.4 points ahead of Darnell Mooney on the market projections.

Injury status

Darnell Mooney was not on the injury report when the call was made.

DeMario Douglas was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Usage before Week 4

Through Week 3, Darnell Mooney played 57 percent of NYG snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Mooney, Week 1 against DAL: 39 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 27 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 2 against LAR: 42 of 58 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 48 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 3 against TEN: 28 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 9 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Through Week 3, DeMario Douglas played 57 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 1 against SEA: 44 of 71 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 20 yards.

DeMario Douglas, Week 2 against PIT: 26 of 55 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Darnell Mooney played 15 games for ATL and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets and 370 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

How Week 4 went

DeMario Douglas scored 3.5 PPR points and Darnell Mooney scored 0.0.

The call was right: DeMario Douglas outscored Darnell Mooney by 3.5.

DeMario Douglas finished 3.4 points below the 6.9 the market projected.

DeMario Douglas, Week 4 against BUF: 35 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards, 3.5 PPR points.

DeMario Douglas finished as the week's WR80 in PPR scoring.

Darnell Mooney finished 4.5 points below the 4.5 the market projected.

Darnell Mooney, Week 4 against ARI: 37 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their other Week 4 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Cooper Kupp over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Brenton Strange over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Bucky Irving over DeMario Douglas.