Should I start Cam Ward or Isaac TeSlaa in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Cam Ward's market-based projection is 13.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 57th highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

Isaac TeSlaa's market-based projection is 4.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 131st highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Ward, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 43.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Cam Ward has been on the field for 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 232 times and thrown 7.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 29 of 232 dropbacks and scrambled 13 times.

In Week 5 against HOU he completed 23 of 36 passes for 170 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

In Week 6 against IND he completed 11 of 22 passes for 102 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 8 yards.

In Week 7 against CLE he completed 20 of 31 passes for 181 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

Through Week 7, Isaac TeSlaa has been on the field for 60 percent of DET snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

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

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cam Ward played 17 games and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.

He threw for 3169 yards on 540 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 31.8 attempts a game at 5.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Isaac TeSlaa played 17 games and scored 75.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR82.

He caught 16 of 27 targets for 239 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Cam Ward scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Isaac TeSlaa 4.5, 6.9 a game between them.

Cam Ward finished QB22 and Isaac TeSlaa WR82, which are two different ladders.

Cam Ward is a quarterback and Isaac TeSlaa a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Cam Ward is off in Week 9 and Isaac TeSlaa in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

8.3 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.