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Makai Lemon

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Season / week
2026 / 8
Scoring
HALF · 12 teams · 1 QB
Source freshness
partial
Observed season stats
Through week 8; complete through week 7. The latest week may be partial.

Generation time is not source freshness. Individual future-projection capture dates and coverage are provided per player; not every input has an independent capture receipt.

outcomes
ready
Captured 2026-10-31T23:03:40.760224+00:00; complete through week 7
season projection
preseason prior
Captured Unknown
draft adp
preseason context
Captured Unknown
advanced stats
coverage not verified
Captured Unknown
Model version and retrieval details

Model generated: 2026-11-01T00:32:50.841496+00:00. Model generation time does not establish source freshness.

Model version: trade-value-sleeper-ros-v1

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Retrieved 2026-11-01T01:39:55.959992+00:00. This is the page retrieval time, not a source update.

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Alphabetical player research. Observed points use posted games; future estimates cover unstarted games through Week 17. Open a player for forecast dates and missing weeks. Trade values are model units.
PlayerPosTeamObserved points/gameGames playedEstimated future points/gameTrade value
Makai Lemon WRPHI 5.3474.430

Future projection context

These estimates cover unstarted games through Week 17. They do not identify who to start this week; use your league's lineup tool for that decision.

Forecast source
Captured Sleeper future projections
Forecast captured
2026-10-31T23:31:38.044520+00:00
Unstarted games through Week 17
9
Weeks with provider forecasts
8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Weeks using model fallback
None recorded

Draft context

Historical context, not a weekly ranking or remaining-season forecast.

Full-season preseason projection
124
Draft average position
88.9

Observed production

Observed statistics are separate from model estimates. A missing season block means unavailable data.

This season

Fantasy points
37.4
Games played
7
Observed through week
7
passing yards
0
passing tds
0
interceptions
0
carries
1
rushing yards
-5
rushing tds
0
targets
36
receptions
25
receiving yards
194
receiving tds
1
passing first downs
0
rushing first downs
0
receiving first downs
12
fumbles lost
0
Target share in observed games (%)
16.4
Fantasy points per game
5.34
Yards per carry
-5
Yards per target
5.4
Yards per reception
7.8
Catch rate (%)
69.4
Total yards
189
Yards per game
27
touches
26
first downs
12
Expected rushing/receiving half-PPR points
42.9
Actual minus expected rushing/receiving half-PPR points
-5.5
Opportunity observed through week
7
Opportunity coverage
complete

Previous season

Unavailable.

This season: advanced statistics

Snap share (%)
74.9
Time to throw (seconds)
Unavailable
Average depth of pass target (yards)
Unavailable
pass aggressiveness
Unavailable
Completion percentage above expectation
Unavailable
pass air to sticks
Unavailable
pass rating
Unavailable
rush stacked box pct
Unavailable
rush time to los
Unavailable
Rushing yards above expectation per attempt
Unavailable
rush efficiency
Unavailable
rush pct over expected
Unavailable
rec avg separation
2.76
rec avg cushion
6.85
Average depth of receiving target (yards)
5.29
rec air share
11.34
Receiving yards after catch above expectation
-0.74
rec catch pct
69.44
rec drops
2
rec broken tackles
0
Rushing yards before contact per attempt
Unavailable
Rushing yards after contact per attempt
Unavailable
rush broken tackles
0
pass pressured pct
Unavailable
pass bad throw pct
Unavailable
rec drop pct
5.6

Previous season: advanced statistics

Unavailable.

Player narrative and news

Generated narrative is context, not a verified injury forecast or a weekly recommendation. Inspect its own dates before using it.

Write-up generated: 2026-07-22T02:44:42.345573+00:00

Philadelphia's first-round pick is being drafted like the job is already won. Makai Lemon costs pick 78 and WR34 in half-PPR while the consensus projection scores him WR50 at 134 points, one of the wider price-to-projection gaps in this range. The optimism has real footing in the reporting, which has his minicamp hamstring issue fully behind him and the expectation that he opens as the second target behind DeVonta Smith in an offense whose early implied totals rank 14th, with Vegas hanging 26 points on the Eagles for Week 1 against Washington. A 16-spot gap still means drafters are paying today for a target share no rookie has banked yet, and the questionable tag is worth watching through August all the same. Projection systems are routinely the last to move on first-round rookie receivers, so treating the WR50 number as a floor rather than a midpoint is a defensible position. What the seventh-round price doesn't leave you is margin, since it already assumes the role materializes on schedule.

Latest stored news context

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