Start Kalif Raymond or Michael Pittman Jr.? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Kalif Raymond over Michael Pittman Jr.
- Market projects
- 7.6
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 61%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 19%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 6.7
- fantasy pts
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Our Week 5 call
Start Kalif Raymond over Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Kalif Raymond at 7.6 points and Michael Pittman Jr. at 6.7, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 7.6 fantasy points for Kalif Raymond, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Kalif Raymond at 29.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (10, 8 and 13 market sources).
Player markets imply 6.7 fantasy points for Michael Pittman Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Michael Pittman Jr. at 26.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (14, 11 and 12 market sources).
That puts Kalif Raymond 1.0 points ahead of Michael Pittman Jr. on the market projections.
Injury status
Kalif Raymond is not on the injury report.
Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as questionable with a foot injury.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Kalif Raymond played 61 percent of CHI snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
Kalif Raymond, Week 1 against CAR: 45 of 75 snaps, 9 targets and 8 catches for 84 yards.
Kalif Raymond, Week 2 against MIN: 46 of 74 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 40 yards.
Kalif Raymond, Week 3 against PHI: 54 of 72 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 90 yards, 1 touchdown.
Kalif Raymond, Week 4 against NYJ: 47 of 93 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 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 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR40 · CHI · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 106
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 17
Ranked behind
WR44 · PIT · bye 9
2025 vs rec yds line 5-12
- Overall rank
- 119
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 18
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board13
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 17 and tier 18
- Board size222 draftable players
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