Should I start Jayden Reed or Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 11:41 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start Deebo Samuel Sr.: 62 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jayden Reed's 32 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR · GB · bye 11
2025 vs anytime td line 1-6
- Overall rank
- 245
WR · SF · on bye this week
2026 vs anytime td line 3-2
- Overall rank
- 248
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jayden Reed, and the board ranks him 245th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Deebo Samuel Sr., and the board ranks him 248th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Jayden Reed, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Deebo Samuel Sr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season so far
Through Week 2, Jayden Reed has been on the field for 32 percent of GB snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.
His 8 targets have averaged 5.6 air yards.
In Week 1 against MIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 20 yards and did not score.
In Week 2 against NYJ he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.
Through Week 5, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 57 percent of SF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 21 two minute targets.
His 20 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.
In Week 3 against ARI he carried 2 times for 14 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against DEN he carried 3 times for 44 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 5 against SEA he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Jayden Reed played 7 games and scored 48.5 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR114.
He caught 19 of 22 targets for 207 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.
That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 86 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Deebo Samuel Sr. played 16 games and scored 188.2 PPR points, 11.8 a game, finishing WR25.
He caught 72 of 99 targets for 727 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.
That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 10.1 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Deebo Samuel Sr. was available for 9 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Deebo Samuel Sr. scored 11.8 PPR points a game and Jayden Reed 6.9, 4.8 a game between them.
Jayden Reed finished WR114 that year and Deebo Samuel Sr. WR25.
Deebo Samuel Sr. had 77 more targets than Jayden Reed, 99 to 22.
Deebo Samuel Sr. had 520 more receiving yards than Jayden Reed, 727 to 207.
This season Deebo Samuel Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 32 percent.
This season Deebo Samuel Sr. holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 12 percent.
Byes and availability
Jayden Reed is off in Week 11 and Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
Jayden Reed is listed as ir on the injury report.
Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed as out on the injury report.
Both players in full
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