Start Keon Coleman or Makai Lemon? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Keon Coleman over Makai Lemon in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Keon Coleman at 8.9 points and Makai Lemon at 7.5, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Keon Coleman this week yet, so his 8.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (9.4 and 8.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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 Keon Coleman yet. His market-based projections were 9.4 and 8.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 8.9, 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 Keon Coleman 1.4 points ahead of Makai Lemon on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Keon Coleman and BUF host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 35.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 182 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against BAL.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Makai Lemon has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Keon Coleman is not on the injury report.

Makai Lemon is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Keon Coleman played 68 percent of BUF snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Keon Coleman, Week 3 against LAC: 32 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 37 yards.

Keon Coleman, Week 4 against NE: 46 of 59 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 116 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keon Coleman, Week 5 against LAR: 45 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keon Coleman, Week 6 against LV: 58 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Keon Coleman played 13 games for BUF and scored 102.4 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR60.

He caught 38 of 59 targets for 404 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 316 air yards.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Keon Coleman over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Keon Coleman.
• Start Keon Coleman over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Makai Lemon over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Makai Lemon.
• Start Makai Lemon over Cooper Kupp.