Should I start Parker Washington or Brock Bowers in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Parker Washington, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brock Bowers, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 17; 2QB: ADP 32.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Parker Washington is 3.7 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.

The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 3.7 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.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 7, Brock Bowers has been on the field for 83 percent of LV snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 21 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 5 against NE he caught 8 of 10 targets for 110 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 4 of 9 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 73 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Brock Bowers played 12 games and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

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

Parker Washington was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Brock Bowers scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Parker Washington 11.5, 3.1 a game between them.

Parker Washington finished WR27 and Brock Bowers TE11, which are two different ladders.

Parker Washington is a wide receiver and Brock Bowers a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Parker Washington is off in Week 7 and Brock Bowers in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.