Should I start Dallas Goedert or Emeka Egbuka in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dallas Goedert, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emeka Egbuka, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Dallas Goedert is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Emeka Egbuka is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Dallas Goedert has been on the field for 69 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against WAS he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 86 percent of TB snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 7 of 16 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Dallas Goedert played 15 games and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.

He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Emeka Egbuka was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Dallas Goedert scored 12.3 PPR points a game and Emeka Egbuka 11.5, 0.8 a game between them.

Dallas Goedert finished TE7 and Emeka Egbuka WR23, which are two different ladders.

Dallas Goedert is a tight end and Emeka Egbuka a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Emeka Egbuka is listed as out on the injury report.