Should I start Darren Waller or Gunnar Helm in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darren Waller, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Gunnar Helm at all right now: live drafts have stopped taking him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

The market-based projections

Darren Waller's market-based projection is 5.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 39th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Gunnar Helm, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Darren Waller has been on the field for 46 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 10.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 6 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 50 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Gunnar Helm has been on the field for 78 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he was not given the ball.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 3 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Darren Waller played 9 games and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Gunnar Helm played 16 games and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 8.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Gunnar Helm was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Darren Waller scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Gunnar Helm 5.7, 4.1 a game between them.

Darren Waller finished TE33 that year and Gunnar Helm TE31.

Gunnar Helm had 21 more targets than Darren Waller, 55 to 34.

Gunnar Helm had 74 more receiving yards than Darren Waller, 357 to 283.

This season Gunnar Helm holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 46 percent.

This season Darren Waller holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Darren Waller is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Gunnar Helm.

What would change the answer

Gunnar Helm has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.