Start Kalif Raymond or DeMario Douglas? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Kalif Raymond over DeMario Douglas in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kalif Raymond at 7.0 points and DeMario Douglas at 6.2, 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 Kalif Raymond this week yet, so his 7.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.5 and 7.4); 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 Kalif Raymond yet. His market-based projections were 6.5 and 7.4 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.0, 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 Kalif Raymond 0.8 points ahead of DeMario Douglas on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Kalif Raymond and CHI host NE on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NE allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 16th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 138 yards and a touchdown a game against NE.

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

Kalif Raymond is not on the injury report.

DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Kalif Raymond played 62 percent of CHI snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Kalif Raymond, Week 3 against PHI: 54 of 72 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 90 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kalif Raymond, Week 4 against NYJ: 47 of 93 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards.

Kalif Raymond, Week 5 against GB: 47 of 69 snaps, 1 carry for -2 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 6 yards.

Kalif Raymond, Week 6 against ATL: 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

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, Kalif Raymond played 15 games for DET and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.

He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets and 132 air yards.

He was on the field for 38 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 Kalif Raymond over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Kalif Raymond over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Kalif Raymond.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Cooper Kupp over DeMario Douglas.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Efton Chism III.