Should I start Kendrick Bourne or Darnell Washington in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendrick Bourne, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kendrick Bourne is 1.9 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.

The market-based projection for Darnell Washington is 2.0 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Kendrick Bourne has been on the field for 58 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 76 third down targets, had 1 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 45 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 5 of 8 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 5 of 8 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 3 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kendrick Bourne played 16 games and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Kendrick Bourne scored 5.8 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 1.2 a game between them.

Kendrick Bourne finished WR68 and Darnell Washington TE39, which are two different ladders.

Kendrick Bourne is a wide receiver and Darnell Washington a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kendrick Bourne is off in Week 14 and Darnell Washington in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.