Should I start Mark Andrews or Darren Waller in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Mark Andrews's market-based projection is 8.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 61st highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.

Darren Waller's market-based projection is 5.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 68th highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mark Andrews, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darren Waller, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Mark Andrews has been on the field for 65 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 2 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 7.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against ATL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mark Andrews played 17 games and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Mark Andrews was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Darren Waller scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Mark Andrews 7.7, 2.1 a game between them.

Mark Andrews finished TE16 that year and Darren Waller TE33.

Mark Andrews had 36 more targets than Darren Waller, 70 to 34.

Mark Andrews had 139 more receiving yards than Darren Waller, 422 to 283.

This season Mark Andrews holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 46 percent.

This season Mark Andrews holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Mark Andrews is off in Week 13 and Darren Waller in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.7 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.