Should I drop Kalif Raymond for Makai Lemon?

Not on these numbers alone. Kalif Raymond projects 59 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.6 a game over 9 games) and Makai Lemon 58 (6.4 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Makai Lemon over Kalif Raymond.

Start Kalif Raymond or Makai Lemon? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 1:16 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Makai Lemon over Kalif Raymond

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

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 Makai Lemon for Kalif Raymond?

Not on these numbers alone. Makai Lemon projects 58 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 9 games) and Kalif Raymond 59 (6.6 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Makai Lemon over Kalif Raymond.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Makai Lemon over Kalif Raymond in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Makai Lemon at 7.5 points and Kalif Raymond at 6.0, a gap of 1.5. No player market is posted for Makai Lemon this week yet, so his 7.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (7.2, 5.3 and 10.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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.

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 (9, 9 and 8 market sources).

That puts Makai Lemon 1.5 points ahead of Kalif Raymond on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

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.

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, Makai Lemon has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Makai Lemon is not on the injury report.

Kalif Raymond is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

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.

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, 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 Makai Lemon for Kalif Raymond?
Not on these numbers alone. Makai Lemon projects 58 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 9 games) and Kalif Raymond 59 (6.6 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Makai Lemon over Kalif Raymond.
Should I drop Kalif Raymond for Makai Lemon?
Not on these numbers alone. Kalif Raymond projects 59 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (6.6 a game over 9 games) and Makai Lemon 58 (6.4 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Makai Lemon over Kalif Raymond.

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