Should I start AJ Barner or Dallas Goedert in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on AJ Barner, and the board ranks him 173rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dallas Goedert, and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for AJ Barner is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Dallas Goedert is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

AJ Barner's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, AJ Barner has been on the field for 88 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 62 third down targets, had 3 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 2.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against SF he caught 3 of 5 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against KC he carried 3 times for 4 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 42 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Dallas Goedert has been on the field for 67 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 AJ Barner played 17 games and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Dallas Goedert played 15 games and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.

He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

AJ Barner was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dallas Goedert scored 12.3 PPR points a game and AJ Barner 8.7, 3.7 a game between them.

AJ Barner finished TE14 that year and Dallas Goedert TE7.

Dallas Goedert had 14 more targets than AJ Barner, 82 to 68.

Dallas Goedert had 72 more receiving yards than AJ Barner, 591 to 519.

This season AJ Barner holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 67 percent.

This season Dallas Goedert holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

AJ Barner is off in Week 11 and Dallas Goedert in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.