Should I start Ja'Marr Chase or CeeDee Lamb in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Marr Chase, and the board ranks him 7th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

Live drafts hold no current pick on CeeDee Lamb, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Ja'Marr Chase's market-based projection is 18.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 3rd highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for CeeDee Lamb is 4.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 8

Through Week 8, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 77 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 61 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 6 of 10 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 62 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 11 of 16 targets for 141 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 79 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 25 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 3 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 16 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 92 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against ARI he caught 7 of 11 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 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.

Ja'Marr Chase was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and CeeDee Lamb 14.4, 5.3 a game between them.

Ja'Marr Chase finished WR4 that year and CeeDee Lamb WR22.

Ja'Marr Chase had 68 more targets than CeeDee Lamb, 185 to 117.

Ja'Marr Chase had 335 more receiving yards than CeeDee Lamb, 1412 to 1077.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 77 percent.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase 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.