Should I start Kyler Murray or CeeDee Lamb in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.

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

The market-based projections

Kyler Murray's market-based projection is 17.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 12th 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, Kyler Murray has been on the field for 84 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 151 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 21 of 151 dropbacks and scrambled 15 times.

In Week 4 against MIA he completed 27 of 37 passes for 247 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 21 yards.

In Week 5 against NO he completed 24 of 29 passes for 229 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 54 yards.

In Week 7 against IND he completed 14 of 24 passes for 150 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 41 yards.

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 Kyler Murray played 5 games and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.

He threw for 962 yards on 161 attempts with 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 32.2 attempts a game at 6.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 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.

CeeDee Lamb was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kyler Murray scored 16.2 PPR points a game and CeeDee Lamb 14.4, 1.8 a game between them.

Kyler Murray finished QB38 and CeeDee Lamb WR22, which are two different ladders.

Kyler Murray is a quarterback and CeeDee Lamb a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kyler Murray 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.