Start DeMario Douglas or Ryan Flournoy? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start DeMario Douglas over Ryan Flournoy in Week 7.

Market-based projections have DeMario Douglas at 8.3 points and Ryan Flournoy at 8.2, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Ryan Flournoy this week yet, so his 8.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (9.8 and 6.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.3 fantasy points for DeMario Douglas, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 35 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 11 and 12 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Ryan Flournoy yet. His market-based projections were 9.8 and 6.7 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 8.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts DeMario Douglas 0.0 points ahead of Ryan Flournoy on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

DeMario Douglas and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 31.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 160 yards and a touchdown a game against CHI.

Ryan Flournoy and DAL visit PHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

PHI allowed 38.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 181 yards and a touchdown a game against PHI.

By points allowed to the position, Ryan Flournoy has the softer matchup.

Injury status

DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.

Ryan Flournoy is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, DeMario Douglas played 54 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: 40 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Ryan Flournoy played 74 percent of DAL snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 3 against BAL: 49 of 74 snaps, 8 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 4 against HOU: 58 of 78 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 5 against TB: 41 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 90 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 6 against GB: 68 of 78 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Ryan Flournoy played 16 games for DAL and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 271 air yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start DeMario Douglas over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start DeMario Douglas over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Ryan Flournoy.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Ryan Flournoy.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Ryan Flournoy.