Makai Lemon
Is Makai Lemon playing in Week 9? Yes, as of now. Makai Lemon has no injury designation for Week 9 against the Giants on Sunday.
This season
- PPR pts / game
- 7.7
- WR66
- Target share
- 17.9%
- 5.6 targets / game
- Air-yards share
- 13.8%
- of his team's air yards
| Wk | Opp | PPR | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Tgt share | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | WAS | 11.7 | 9 | 6 | 57 | 28.1% | 0 |
| 7 | DAL | 19.7 | 8 | 7 | 67 | 24.2% | 1 |
| 6 | CAR | 4.9 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13.6% | 0 |
| 5 | JAX | 9.3 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 18.9% | 0 |
| 4 | LA | 5.7 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 24.0% | 0 |
| 3 | CHI | 5.9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16.0% | 0 |
| 2 | TEN | 1.9 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2.9% | 0 |
| 1 | WAS | 2.5 | 4 | 3 | -5 | 18.2% | 0 |
2026 regular season, from nflverse weekly stats. Updated as each week's games finish.
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Who Should I Start for Fantasy Football Week 9? Jonah Coleman, KC Concepcion, Denzel Boston, Omar Cooper Jr., Jeremiyah Love, Makai Lemon, Caleb Douglas, Antonio Williams, Chris Bell
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Eagles-Commanders snap counts: Makai Lemon seeing more opportunity
The official snap counts from the Philadelphia Eagles’ Week 8 loss to the Washington Commanders are in. Does anyone actually care? Regardless, let’s take a look and run through some analysis. OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS DID NOT PLAY ACTIVE: Joe Milton, Cole Payton INACTIVE: DeVonta Smith, Jihaad Campbell, Dontayvion Wicks, Jonathan Jones, Lane Johnson, Jake […]
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Makai Lemon has seemingly gotten better each week. Without DeVonta Smith and Dontayvion Wicks again he’ll have another big opportunity tonight.
1 more updatefrom 1 source
- 2d EJ Smith (X) Tanner McKee with two nice throws to get the #Eagles into field goal range, the first of which went to Makai Lemon on a crossing route and then second to Darius Cooper on an in-route. Drive stalled b/c of an unblocked pressure just outside the red zone, though.
- 2d Dave Zangaro (X) Makai Lemon has seemingly gotten better each week. Without DeVonta Smith and Dontayvion Wicks again he’ll have another big opportunity tonight.
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Who Should I Start for Fantasy Football Week 8? Rachaad White, Stefon Diggs, Chig Okonkwo, Dallas Goedert, Antonio Williams, Makai Lemon, Saquon Barkley, Darius Cooper, Elijah Mitchell
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- 2d RotoBaller NFL Eagles vs. Commanders Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Sunday Night Football - Tanner McKee, Jayden Daniels, Saquon Barkley, Rachaad White, Makai Lemon, Stefon Diggs, Dallas Goedert, and more
- 2d PFF News Emergency fantasy football waiver-wire targets for NFL Week 8
- 3d RotoBaller NFL Who Should I Start for Fantasy Football Week 8? Rachaad White, Stefon Diggs, Chig Okonkwo, Dallas Goedert, Antonio Williams, Makai Lemon, Saquon Barkley, Darius Cooper, Elijah Mitchell
- Week 8 NFL Injury Roundup: Projection Updates with floor, median, and @Xfinity Best ceilings (includes matchup notes): ARI RB - Jeremiyah Love (LP-LP-FP) - Will Play We are slightly above market on attempts/targets. Floor: 7.2 Median: 10.2 Ceiling: 17.3 --> Borderline RB2 ATL RB - Bijan Robinson - Brian Robinson Jr. OUT Slightly above market on attempts. Tough run matchup vs. TB. F: 15.4 M: 20.8 C: 31.0 --> Top-3 RB RB - Khalil Herbert --> Low-end RB5 CHI RB - D'Andre Swift - Kyle Monangai OUT 6th-hardest RB matchup v SEA (-2.4 PPG) F: 12.2 M: 16.4 C: 24.8 --> Mid-range RB1 RB - Roschon Johnson --> Mid-range RB5 WR - Luther Burden III Assuming more 2/3 WR sets with Cole Kmet out Hardest WR matchup v SEA (-5.8 PPG) 3rd-hardest slot WR matchup (-5.1 PPG) F: 9.7 M: 13.2 C: 21.8 --> Mid-range WR2 DEN RB - Jonah Coleman - RJ Harvey OUT 74% snap share in 2nd half last week w/ lead Assuming slight lean to Coleman over Dobbins, but hard to know how Payton will handle Slightly above…
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Weekend Waiver Wire Rankings for Week 8: Fantasy Football Pickups for Kaelon Black, Elijah Mitchell, Antonio Williams, Makai Lemon, Ryan Flournoy, Greg Dulcich, more
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Who Should I Start for Fantasy Football Week 8? Jonah Coleman, Caleb Douglas, Denzel Boston, Germie Bernard, KC Concepcion Jr., Jeremiyah Love, Carnell Tate, Makai Lemon, Seth McGowan
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Mid-Week Waiver Wire Rankings for Week 8 (2026): Fantasy Football Pickups for Dylan Sampson, Seth McGowan, Antonio Williams, Makai Lemon, Travis Hunter, Mason Taylor
While some waivers ran Tuesday night, plenty of leagues run their waiver wire later in the week. Beyond injuries, fantasy […]
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- 6d Dave Zangaro (X) Want something Eagles-related to feel good about? @_RyanFowler_ takes a closer look at Makai Lemon's performance on Monday
- Oct 28 RotoBaller NFL Mid-Week Waiver Wire Rankings for Week 8 (2026): Fantasy Football Pickups for Dylan Sampson, Seth McGowan, Antonio Williams, Makai Lemon, Travis Hunter, Mason Taylor
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Makai Lemon reflects on his first career touchdown
Quarterback Tanner McKee praised the rookie receiver's grit and ability to step up in the offense.
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Who Should I Start for Fantasy Football Week 8? Carnell Tate, KC Concepcion, Denzel Boston, Germie Bernard, Jeremiyah Love, Omar Cooper, Antonio Williams, Caleb Douglas, Makai Lemon
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- Oct 27 Fran Duffy (Bluesky) Eli Stowers' first rep with #Eagles comes on opening drive where he helps lift coverage for Makai Lemon underneath. Nice job of Tanner McKee not being a robot here and allowing Lemon to clear the LB in MOF. Offense gets into red zone on opening drive (easier said than done)
- Oct 27 RotoBaller NFL Who Should I Pickup for Fantasy Football Week 8? Rachaad White, Ja'Kobi Lane, Mason Taylor, Emmett Johnson, Makai Lemon, Chris Rodriguez Jr., Travis Hunter, Terrance Ferguson
- Oct 27 RotoBaller NFL Who Should I Start for Fantasy Football Week 8? Carnell Tate, KC Concepcion, Denzel Boston, Germie Bernard, Jeremiyah Love, Omar Cooper, Antonio Williams, Caleb Douglas, Makai Lemon
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Britain Covey (knee) has been ruled out. The backup punt returner is Makai Lemon.
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- Oct 27 Rotoworld Football (Bluesky) Makai Lemon has his breakout game in Week 7 loss
- Oct 26 PFF News NFL Week 7 Recap: Immediate fantasy football takeaways from Cowboys-Eagles
- Oct 26 Pro Football Talk Eagles take 21-20 lead on Cowboys to open second half
- Oct 26 Dave Zangaro (X) Makai Lemon is the first Eagles rookie to have 50+ receiving yards and a touchdown in a game since DeVonta Smith in 2021...+1
- Oct 26 EJ Smith (X) That drive was the ideal use case for Makai Lemon. Tough catches over the middle of the field and run-after-catch chances on shallow crossers. He's up to five catches for 54 yards and a touchdown. After missing most of training camp, it feels like he's starting to settle in.
- Oct 26 NFL Daily News (Bluesky) Makai Lemon scores his first career TD
- Oct 26 NFL News Poster (Bluesky) [NFL] Makai Lemon's first NFL TD caps off a 17-play drive!
- Oct 26 Nathan Jahnke (Bluesky) Eagles halftime WR snap count Makai Lemon 26 Darius Cooper 25 Hollywood Brown 16 Elijah Moore 8 Out of 29 plays+1
- Oct 26 EJ Smith (X) That's two straight plays where an #Eagles receiver gets separation only for an errant throw from Tanner McKee to result in an incompletion. Both catchable passes, but tougher than they needed to be for Darius Cooper and Makai Lemon.
- Oct 26 Dave Zangaro (X) Without Britain Covey (knee), Makai Lemon is deep to return this punt.
- Oct 26 Dave Zangaro (X) That was a nice route by Makai Lemon on third down to draw a DPI.
- Oct 26 EJ Smith (X) Makai Lemon making a key block on the perimeter here. #Eagles making real headway in the run game against this shaky Cowboys front. · Quoting Philadelphia Eagles: Dameon Pierce coming through 😤
- Oct 26 Dave Zangaro (X) Britain Covey (knee) has been ruled out. The backup punt returner is Makai Lemon.
- Oct 26 Nathan Jahnke (Bluesky) Eagles WR snap count after 1 drive Darius Cooper 3 (11 and 12 personnel) Makai Lemon 3 (11 and 12 personnel) Elijah Moore 1 (13 personnel) Hollywood Brown 1 (11 personnel) Out of 4 plays
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Who Should I Start for Fantasy Football Week 7? Makai Lemon, Darius Cooper, Dak Prescott, Dallas Goedert, Javonte Williams, Tanner McKee, Jake Ferguson, Saquon Barkley, Dameon Pierce
Who Should I Start? Who Should I Sit? Some of the most common Week 7 MNF fantasy football lineup decisions […]
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HOT TAKE: Makai Lemon Could SMASH on Monday Night Football! #shorts
Fresh from the Oven Takes for Cowboys vs. Eagles on Monday night: Mikay Lemon could be in line for his best game of the season on Monday night. Dallas has struggled badly against slot receivers, creating a path for 60+ receiving yards and even a touchdown if the matchup breaks right. Debate the takes, not the pizza. Fresh From The Oven Takes are served by @digiorno ______________________ 💬...
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Makai Lemon PPR projections with DeVonta Smith and Dontayvion Wicks out in Week 7:
Floor: 6.0
Median: 8.3
@Xfintiy Best ceiling: 14.0
Mid-range WR3 with a great matchup vs. Dallas on MNF.
Great backup plan for Puka Nacua (Sunday late game).
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- Oct 24 Dwain McFarland (X) Interesting @Xfinity best ceiling projections for Week 7: RB 24.6 Saquon Barkley 22.6 Chase Brown 21.3 Josh Jacobs 20.7 Breece Hall 17.9 Ollie Gordon 17.5 Quinshon Judkins 17.0 Emanuel Wilson WR 20.4 Germie Bernard 18.5 Chris Godwin 17.3 Makai Lemon 16.4 KC Concepcion
- Oct 24 Dwain McFarland (X) Makai Lemon PPR projections with DeVonta Smith and Dontayvion Wicks out in Week 7: Floor: 6.0 Median: 8.3 @Xfintiy Best ceiling: 14.0 Mid-range WR3 with a great matchup vs. Dallas on MNF. Great backup plan for Puka Nacua (Sunday late game).
- The Eagles are banged up at receiver so this could be a big week for rookie Makai Lemon
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Who Should I Start for Fantasy Football Week 7? Kaelon Black, Brandin Cooks, MarShawn Lloyd, Tyjae Spears, Puka Nacua, Breece Hall, CJ Donaldson, Makai Lemon, Jordan Watkins
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- DeVonta Smith, Dontayvion Wicks, and Dallas Goedert didn't practice on Thursday or Friday. Makai Lemon could be a viable backup plan for Puka Nacua (late game Sunday). Lemon plays Monday. Plus, if he breaks out, he could have long-term value.
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Who Should I Start for Fantasy Football Week 7? Omar Cooper Jr., Denzel Boston, Jeremiyah Love, Germie Bernard, Kenyon Sadiq, KC Concepcion, Carnell Tate, Makai Lemon, Emmett Johnson
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- Should the Eagles and Rams just do it over and trade Ty Simpson for Makai Lemon?
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Makai Lemon: Questionable
Est. return: Oct 18
1 more updatefrom 1 source
- Oct 18 RotoWire NFL News Makai Lemon: Back in Sunday's contest
- Oct 18 ESPN NFL Injury Report Makai Lemon: Questionable