Should I start Tre Tucker or C.J. Stroud in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 12:31 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start C.J. Stroud: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Tre Tucker's 70 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets. 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 Tre Tucker for C.J. Stroud?

Yes, on the rest of the season. C.J. Stroud projects 169 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 10 games), Tre Tucker 91 (9.1 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Tre Tucker

WR32 · LV · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection: 8.8 pts a game

C.J. Stroud

QB4 · HOU · bye 8

2026 vs pass yds line 5-1

Overall rank: 67

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The gap

Board size307 draftable players

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 Tre Tucker, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.

The market-based projections

Tre Tucker's market-based projection is 8.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 82nd highest figure of the 204 players with a market-based projection.

The market has C.J. Stroud at 18.8 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

C.J. Stroud's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Tre Tucker has been on the field for 66 percent of LV snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 14.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 4 of 8 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NE he carried 2 times for -6 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 5 of 7 targets for 97 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 6, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 237 times and thrown 9.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 31 of 237 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 4 against DAL he completed 21 of 29 passes for 347 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he completed 26 of 34 passes for 261 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

In Week 6 against JAX he completed 24 of 34 passes for 312 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tre Tucker played 17 games and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 C.J. Stroud played 14 games and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.

He threw for 3041 yards on 423 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.2 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tre Tucker was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 C.J. Stroud scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Tre Tucker 9.5, 6.0 a game between them.

Tre Tucker finished WR38 and C.J. Stroud QB21, which are two different ladders.

Tre Tucker is a wide receiver and C.J. Stroud a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tre Tucker is off in Week 13 and C.J. Stroud in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

C.J. Stroud has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Tre Tucker for C.J. Stroud?
Yes, on the rest of the season. C.J. Stroud projects 169 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 10 games), Tre Tucker 91 (9.1 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop C.J. Stroud for Tre Tucker?
No. Keep C.J. Stroud: he projects 169 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 10 games), Tre Tucker 91 (9.1 a game over 10 games).