Should I start Amon-Ra St. Brown or Parker Washington in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Amon-Ra St. Brown's market-based projection is 17.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 9th highest figure of the 204 players with a market-based projection.

Parker Washington's market-based projection is 14.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 30th highest figure of the 204 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Amon-Ra St. Brown, and the board ranks him 6th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 11.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Parker Washington, and the board ranks him 18th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Amon-Ra St. Brown has been on the field for 87 percent of DET snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 5 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 68 targets have averaged 8.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 8 of 11 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 6 of 11 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against GB he carried 1 time for -1 yards, caught 9 of 11 targets for 153 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Parker Washington has been on the field for 77 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 124 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 4 of 11 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets.

That came to 10.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

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

In 2025 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Amon-Ra St. Brown was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Parker Washington 11.5, 7.5 a game between them.

Amon-Ra St. Brown finished WR3 that year and Parker Washington WR27.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 77 more targets than Parker Washington, 172 to 95.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 554 more receiving yards than Parker Washington, 1401 to 847.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 77 percent.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 26 percent.

Byes and availability

Amon-Ra St. Brown is off in Week 6 and Parker Washington in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Amon-Ra St. Brown is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

3.1 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.