Start Emeka Egbuka or DeMario Douglas? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Emeka Egbuka over DeMario Douglas in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Emeka Egbuka at 7.9 points and DeMario Douglas at 6.2, a gap of 1.7. No player market is posted for Emeka Egbuka this week yet, so his 7.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.9 and 8.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Emeka Egbuka yet. His market-based projections were 6.9 and 8.9 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

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.

That puts Emeka Egbuka 1.7 points ahead of DeMario Douglas on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Emeka Egbuka and TB visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 28.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 152 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against CAR.

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.

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

Injury status

Emeka Egbuka is not on the injury report.

DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Emeka Egbuka played 85 percent of TB snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 3 against MIN: 51 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 4 against GB: 59 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 5 against DAL: 64 of 72 snaps, 1 carry for 14 yards, 9 targets and 6 catches for 38 yards, 1 touchdown.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 6 against PIT: 16 targets and 7 catches for 48 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Emeka Egbuka played 17 games for TB and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 603 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 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.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Emeka Egbuka over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Denzel Boston.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Cooper Kupp over DeMario Douglas.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Efton Chism III.