Start DeMario Douglas or Isaiah Williams? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start DeMario Douglas over Isaiah Williams in Week 7.

Market-based projections have DeMario Douglas at 6.2 points and Isaiah Williams at 5.9, a gap of 0.3. 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 Isaiah Williams this week yet, so his 5.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.8 and 6.0); 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 Isaiah Williams yet. His market-based projections were 5.8 and 6.0 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 5.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts DeMario Douglas 0.3 points ahead of Isaiah Williams 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.

Isaiah Williams and NYJ host MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 23.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 110 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against MIA.

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

Injury status

DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.

Isaiah Williams 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 6, Isaiah Williams played 75 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Williams, Week 3 against DET: 59 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 21 yards.

Isaiah Williams, Week 4 against CHI: 30 of 32 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 73 yards, 1 touchdown.

Isaiah Williams, Week 5 against CLE: 43 of 70 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 16 yards.

Isaiah Williams, Week 6 against NE: 1 carry for 4 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 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, Isaiah Williams played 15 games for NYJ and scored 58.7 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing WR98.

He caught 26 of 36 targets for 193 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 74 air yards.

He was on the field for 36 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start DeMario Douglas over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Cooper Kupp over DeMario Douglas.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Efton Chism III.
• Start Isaiah Williams over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Isaiah Williams.
• Start Isaiah Williams over Efton Chism III.