Should I start AJ Barner or Tre' Harris in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on AJ Barner, and the board ranks him 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tre' Harris, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for AJ Barner 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.

The market-based projection for Tre' Harris is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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 so far

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 5, Tre' Harris has been on the field for 71 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 6 of 7 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he caught 3 of 5 targets for 60 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 16 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 Tre' Harris played 17 games and scored 69.4 PPR points, 4.1 a game, finishing WR90.

He caught 30 of 43 targets for 324 yards and 1 touchdown, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2-3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 AJ Barner scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Tre' Harris 4.1, 4.6 a game between them.

AJ Barner finished TE14 and Tre' Harris WR90, which are two different ladders.

AJ Barner is a tight end and Tre' Harris a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

AJ Barner is off in Week 11 and Tre' Harris in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tre' Harris is listed as out on the injury report.