Should I start Darnell Washington or Ted Hurst III in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ted Hurst III, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Darnell Washington is 1.9 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 Ted Hurst III 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.

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

This season through Week 7

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.

Through Week 7, Ted Hurst III has been on the field for 56 percent of TB snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 4 third down targets, had 1 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against CAR he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

Ted Hurst III is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

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

Byes and availability

Darnell Washington is off in Week 9 and Ted Hurst III in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.