Start Kalif Raymond or Jakobi Meyers? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 1:26 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Jakobi Meyers over Kalif Raymond

Start

Jakobi Meyers

WR · JAX · vs IND

Market projects: 8.6; recent weeks avg
IND D vs WR: 29.0; 8th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside: High; 89 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 80%; Through Week 6
Target share: 16%; Through Week 6

Sit

Kalif Raymond

WR · CHI · at SEA

Market projects: 6.0; fantasy pts
SEA D vs WR: 20.9; fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 2 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 61%; Through Week 7
Target share: 14%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Kalif Raymond for Jakobi Meyers?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jakobi Meyers projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Kalif Raymond 59 (6.6 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jakobi Meyers over Kalif Raymond.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Jakobi Meyers over Kalif Raymond in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Jakobi Meyers at 8.6 points and Kalif Raymond at 6.0, a gap of 2.7. No player market is posted for Jakobi Meyers this week yet, so his 8.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (9.0 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Jakobi Meyers yet. His market-based projections were 9.0 and 8.3 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 8.6, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

Player markets imply 6.0 fantasy points for Kalif Raymond, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kalif Raymond is 23 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 8 and 8 market sources).

That puts Jakobi Meyers 2.7 points ahead of Kalif Raymond on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Jakobi Meyers and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 142 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND.

Kalif Raymond and CHI visit SEA on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

SEA allowed 20.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 92 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against SEA.

By points allowed to the position, Jakobi Meyers has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jakobi Meyers is not on the injury report.

Kalif Raymond is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Jakobi Meyers played 80 percent of JAX snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 3 against NE: 50 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 64 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 4 against CIN: 50 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 5 against PHI: 61 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 37 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 6 against HOU: 53 of 71 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 83 yards.

Through Week 7, Kalif Raymond played 61 percent of CHI snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

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: 36 of 77 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Kalif Raymond, Week 7 against NE: 48 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jakobi Meyers played 16 games for JAX and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 553 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

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 Kalif Raymond for Jakobi Meyers?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jakobi Meyers projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Kalif Raymond 59 (6.6 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jakobi Meyers over Kalif Raymond.
Should I drop Jakobi Meyers for Kalif Raymond?
No. Keep Jakobi Meyers: he projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Kalif Raymond 59 (6.6 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jakobi Meyers over Kalif Raymond.

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