Should I start Isaac TeSlaa or CeeDee Lamb in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on CeeDee Lamb, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Isaac TeSlaa's market-based projection is 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 84th highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for CeeDee Lamb is 4.1 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.

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

This season through Week 7

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.

Through Week 7, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 79 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 3 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 15 of its 48 two minute targets.

His 81 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 9 of 18 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 5 of 12 targets for 74 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Isaac TeSlaa was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Isaac TeSlaa 4.5, 9.9 a game between them.

Isaac TeSlaa finished WR82 that year and CeeDee Lamb WR22.

CeeDee Lamb had 90 more targets than Isaac TeSlaa, 117 to 27.

CeeDee Lamb had 838 more receiving yards than Isaac TeSlaa, 1077 to 239.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 60 percent.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Isaac TeSlaa is off in Week 6 and CeeDee Lamb in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

CeeDee Lamb has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.