Start Makai Lemon or Ryan Flournoy? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 7:16 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

Lemon projects lower, 7.5 to 7.8, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 140 for Lemon, 220 for Flournoy.

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

Ryan Flournoy

WR · DAL · vs ARI

Market projects: 7.8; recent weeks avg
ARI D vs WR: 33.6; 12th most to WRs (2026)
Upside: High; 86 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 75%; Through Week 7
Target share: 15%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Makai Lemon for Ryan Flournoy?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Ryan Flournoy projects 71 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (7.9 a game over 9 games), Makai Lemon 58 (6.4 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Makai Lemon over Ryan Flournoy. So make the move after his Week 8 game.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Makai Lemon over Ryan Flournoy in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Makai Lemon at 7.5 points and Ryan Flournoy at 7.8, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Makai Lemon still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 140 against 220, and that outweighs a gap this size. 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. No player market is posted for Ryan Flournoy this week yet, so his 7.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (6.7, 8.3 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Ryan Flournoy yet. His market-based projections were 6.7, 8.3 and 8.3 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 7.8, 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 Ryan Flournoy 0.3 points ahead of Makai Lemon on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Ryan Flournoy and DAL host ARI on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ARI allowed 33.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 12th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 153 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against ARI.

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

Ryan Flournoy is not on the injury report.

Makai Lemon is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Ryan Flournoy played 75 percent of DAL snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 4 against HOU: 58 of 78 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 5 against TB: 41 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 90 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 6 against GB: 68 of 78 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 7 against PHI: 53 of 68 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 70 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, Ryan Flournoy played 16 games for DAL and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 271 air yards.

He was on the field for 41 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 Ryan Flournoy?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Ryan Flournoy projects 71 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (7.9 a game over 9 games), Makai Lemon 58 (6.4 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Makai Lemon over Ryan Flournoy. So make the move after his Week 8 game.
Should I drop Ryan Flournoy for Makai Lemon?
No. Keep Ryan Flournoy: he projects 71 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (7.9 a game over 9 games), Makai Lemon 58 (6.4 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Makai Lemon over Ryan Flournoy.

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