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Should I start CeeDee Lamb or Jaylen Wright in Week 8?

Updated Oct 28, 2:16 AM ET.

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Start CeeDee Lamb: 77 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jaylen Wright's 17 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Jaylen Wright for CeeDee Lamb?

Yes, on the rest of the season. CeeDee Lamb projects 162 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.0 a game over 9 games), Jaylen Wright 28 (2.8 a game over 10 games). Jaylen Wright is listed questionable.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

WR32 · DAL · bye 14

2026 vs anytime td line 4-3

Market-based projection
17.8 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank
76

RB26 · MIA · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 0-5

Overall rank
77

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on CeeDee Lamb, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Wright, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Jaylen Wright is 4.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 7 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back'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, 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.

Through Week 7, Jaylen Wright has been on the field for 13 percent of MIA snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 1.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 5 times for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 6 times for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 6 times for 8 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jaylen Wright played 10 games and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He carried 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 more yards.

That came to 7.0 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

CeeDee Lamb was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Jaylen Wright 4.8, 9.5 a game between them.

CeeDee Lamb finished WR22 and Jaylen Wright RB70, which are two different ladders.

CeeDee Lamb is a wide receiver and Jaylen Wright a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

CeeDee Lamb is off in Week 14. No bye is listed for Jaylen Wright.

Jaylen Wright is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Jaylen Wright for CeeDee Lamb?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. CeeDee Lamb projects 162 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.0 a game over 9 games), Jaylen Wright 28 (2.8 a game over 10 games). Jaylen Wright is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop CeeDee Lamb for Jaylen Wright?

    No. Keep CeeDee Lamb: he projects 162 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.0 a game over 9 games), Jaylen Wright 28 (2.8 a game over 10 games). Jaylen Wright is listed questionable.

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