Start Makai Lemon or Dontayvion Wicks? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 8:06 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

Latest

Oct 24, 5:17 PM ET: Eagles' DeVonta Smith, Dontayvion Wicks out vs. Cowboys (ESPN)
Oct 24, 4:13 PM ET: Dontayvion Wicks: Questionable to Out (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 22, 7:13 PM ET: Dontayvion Wicks: Listed Questionable (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Makai Lemon over Dontayvion Wicks

Dontayvion Wicks is listed out, so Makai Lemon starts despite the lower projection.

Start

Makai Lemon

WR · PHI · at WAS

Market projects: 7.5; recent weeks avg
WAS D vs WR: 35.9; 6th most to WRs (2026)
Upside: High; 90 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 76%; Through Week 7
Target share: 16%; Through Week 7

Sit

Dontayvion Wicks

WR · PHI · at WAS · Out

Market projects: 8.0; recent weeks avg
WAS D vs WR: 35.9; 6th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share: 79%; Through Week 6
Target share: 17%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Dontayvion Wicks for Makai Lemon?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Makai Lemon projects 58 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 9 games), Dontayvion Wicks 50 (5.5 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Makai Lemon over Dontayvion Wicks. Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Makai Lemon over Dontayvion Wicks in Week 8.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Makai Lemon. Drafters take Makai Lemon at ADP 140 and Dontayvion Wicks at 193.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Dontayvion Wicks yet. His market-based projections were 9.1 and 6.8 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 8.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Makai Lemon yet. His market-based projections were 7.2, 5.3 and 10.0 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 7.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Dontayvion Wicks 0.5 points ahead of Makai Lemon on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Dontayvion Wicks and PHI visit WAS on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

WAS allowed 35.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 158 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against WAS.

Makai Lemon and PHI visit WAS on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

WAS allowed 35.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 158 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against WAS.

Injury status

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as out with a ankle injury.

Makai Lemon is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks played 79 percent of PHI snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 3 against CHI: 44 of 50 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 4 against LAR: 56 of 61 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 5 against JAX: 52 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 63 yards.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 6 against CAR: 40 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Through Week 7, Makai Lemon played 76 percent of PHI snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Makai Lemon, Week 4 against LAR: 45 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 5 against JAX: 50 of 62 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 43 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 6 against CAR: 52 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 7 against DAL: 60 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 67 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games for GB and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 265 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Dontayvion Wicks for Makai Lemon?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Makai Lemon projects 58 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 9 games), Dontayvion Wicks 50 (5.5 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Makai Lemon over Dontayvion Wicks. Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.
Should I drop Makai Lemon for Dontayvion Wicks?
No. Keep Makai Lemon: he projects 58 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 9 games), Dontayvion Wicks 50 (5.5 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Makai Lemon over Dontayvion Wicks. Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.