Start Keenan Allen or DeMario Douglas? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Keenan Allen over DeMario Douglas in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Keenan Allen at 9.1 points and DeMario Douglas at 6.2, a gap of 2.9. No player market is posted for Keenan Allen this week yet, so his 9.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (10.6 and 7.6); 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 Keenan Allen yet. His market-based projections were 10.6 and 7.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 9.1, 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 Keenan Allen 2.9 points ahead of DeMario Douglas on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Keenan Allen and IND visit MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 27.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIN.

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

Keenan Allen is not on the injury report.

DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Keenan Allen played 59 percent of IND snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Keenan Allen, Week 2 against KC: 33 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Keenan Allen, Week 3 against HOU: 52 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 63 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keenan Allen, Week 5 against PIT: 32 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 45 yards.

Keenan Allen, Week 6 against TEN: 11 targets and 8 catches for 82 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, Keenan Allen played 17 games for LAC and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 546 air yards.

He was on the field for 55 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 Carnell Tate over Keenan Allen.
• Start Keenan Allen over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Keenan Allen.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Cooper Kupp over DeMario Douglas.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Efton Chism III.