Should I start Brenton Strange or Darnell Washington in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brenton Strange, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Brenton Strange is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 Darnell Washington is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Brenton Strange has been on the field for 79 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 7 of 8 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 3 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brenton Strange played 12 games and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Darnell Washington was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brenton Strange scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 5.2 a game between them.

Brenton Strange finished TE23 that year and Darnell Washington TE39.

Brenton Strange had 17 more targets than Darnell Washington, 60 to 43.

Brenton Strange had 176 more receiving yards than Darnell Washington, 540 to 364.

This season Brenton Strange holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 65 percent.

This season Brenton Strange holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Brenton Strange is off in Week 7 and Darnell Washington in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.