Should I start Mike Gesicki or Aaron Rodgers in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Gesicki, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Rodgers, and the board ranks him 246th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Mike Gesicki's market-based projection is 7.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 24th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Aaron Rodgers, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Mike Gesicki has been on the field for 45 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Aaron Rodgers has been on the field for 99 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 311 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 48 of 311 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 6 against TB he completed 33 of 47 passes for 253 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

In Week 7 against NO he completed 19 of 30 passes for 212 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 8 yards.

In Week 8 against CLE he completed 13 of 24 passes for 172 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Gesicki played 13 games and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Aaron Rodgers played 16 games and scored 234.1 PPR points, 14.6 a game, finishing QB18.

He threw for 3322 yards on 498 attempts with 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 61 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 31.1 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Aaron Rodgers was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Aaron Rodgers scored 14.6 PPR points a game and Mike Gesicki 5.4, 9.2 a game between them.

Mike Gesicki finished TE41 and Aaron Rodgers QB18, which are two different ladders.

Mike Gesicki is a tight end and Aaron Rodgers a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Mike Gesicki is off in Week 6 and Aaron Rodgers in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Aaron Rodgers has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.