Should I start Cade Otton or Quinshon Judkins in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cade Otton, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Cade Otton is 2.1 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.

The market-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Cade Otton has been on the field for 95 percent of TB snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 5 against DAL he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CAR he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 60 percent of CLE snaps, taken 60 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 42 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 5 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 17 times for 53 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 44 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TEN he carried 17 times for 96 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cade Otton played 16 games and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing TE22.

He caught 59 of 81 targets for 572 yards and 1 touchdown, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cade Otton was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Cade Otton 7.6, 3.7 a game between them.

Cade Otton finished TE22 and Quinshon Judkins RB26, which are two different ladders.

Cade Otton is a tight end and Quinshon Judkins a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Cade Otton is off in Week 10 and Quinshon Judkins in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.