Should I start Jakobi Meyers or DJ Moore in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jakobi Meyers, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DJ Moore, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 37.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jakobi Meyers is 2.9 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 DJ Moore is 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 80 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 3 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, DJ Moore has been on the field for 51 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 15.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against DET he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 6 of 10 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 DJ Moore played 17 games and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DJ Moore was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers scored 11.0 PPR points a game and DJ Moore 10.0, 1.0 a game between them.

Jakobi Meyers finished WR32 that year and DJ Moore WR35.

Jakobi Meyers had 25 more targets than DJ Moore, 110 to 85.

Jakobi Meyers had 153 more receiving yards than DJ Moore, 835 to 682.

This season Jakobi Meyers holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 51 percent.

This season DJ Moore holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

DJ Moore is listed as out on the injury report.