Should I start Emeka Egbuka or A.J. Brown in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emeka Egbuka, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on A.J. Brown, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Emeka Egbuka is 3.1 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.

The market has A.J. Brown at 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 86 percent of TB snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 7 of 16 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 68 percent of NE snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 7 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 3 of 10 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

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

In 2025 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Emeka Egbuka was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Emeka Egbuka 11.5, 3.2 a game between them.

Emeka Egbuka finished WR23 that year and A.J. Brown WR11.

Emeka Egbuka had 6 more targets than A.J. Brown, 127 to 121.

A.J. Brown had 65 more receiving yards than Emeka Egbuka, 1003 to 938.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 68 percent.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

Emeka Egbuka is off in Week 10 and A.J. Brown in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Emeka Egbuka is listed as out on the injury report.