Should I start Emeka Egbuka or Dontayvion Wicks in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emeka Egbuka, and the board ranks him 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Emeka Egbuka is 2.4 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.

The market-based projection for Dontayvion Wicks is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 86 percent of TB snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 7 of 16 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 79 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 8 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Emeka Egbuka was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 6.1 a game between them.

Emeka Egbuka finished WR23 that year and Dontayvion Wicks WR83.

Emeka Egbuka had 81 more targets than Dontayvion Wicks, 127 to 46.

Emeka Egbuka had 606 more receiving yards than Dontayvion Wicks, 938 to 332.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 79 percent.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Emeka Egbuka is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as questionable on the injury report.