Drake London vs Joshua Palmer: The Full Breakdown
Drake London and Joshua Palmer are at different tiers heading into 2026. The Atlanta Falcons wide receiver averaged 14.0 PPG in 2025, a full 7.2 points per game ahead of Joshua Palmer's 6.8 with the Los Angeles Chargers. That kind of gap doesn't close on matchup alone.
Drake London carries a 7.2-point PPG advantage from the 2025 season. That baseline matters, but it is one input among several. Matchup difficulty, scoring trends, and injury reports move the needle week to week, which is why the best answer changes depending on when you are asking.
Target volume is the story here. Drake London saw 112 targets in 2025, while Joshua Palmer drew 65. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for Drake London, even in weeks where Joshua Palmer posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Drake London has his bye in Week 11, and Joshua Palmer rests in Week 5. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at wide receiver for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
