Start Kendrick Bourne or DeMario Douglas? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Kendrick Bourne over DeMario Douglas in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kendrick Bourne at 7.5 points and DeMario Douglas at 6.2, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Kendrick Bourne this week yet, so his 7.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.3 and 9.7); 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 Kendrick Bourne yet. His market-based projections were 5.3 and 9.7 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.5, 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 Kendrick Bourne 1.3 points ahead of DeMario Douglas on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Kendrick Bourne and ARI host DEN on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

DEN allowed 24.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 118 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against DEN.

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

Kendrick Bourne is not on the injury report.

DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Kendrick Bourne played 59 percent of ARI snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 3 against SF: 48 of 87 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 4 against NYG: 42 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 5 against DET: 36 of 73 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 70 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 6 against LAR: 8 targets and 5 catches for 47 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, Kendrick Bourne played 16 games for SF and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 386 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 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 Kendrick Bourne over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Kendrick Bourne over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Kendrick Bourne.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Cooper Kupp over DeMario Douglas.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Efton Chism III.