Should I start Mike Gesicki or Eli Raridon in Week 8?
Updated Nov 2, 11:01 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 8 verdict
Start Mike Gesicki over Eli Raridon
Right: 17.6 to 1.5
- Market projected
- 7.0
- pre-game
- TEN D vs TE
- 10.8
- 8th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Target share
- 13%
- Week 8
- Scored
- 17.6
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 6.8
- pre-game
- MIA D vs TE
- 21.1
- 3rd most to TEs (2026)
- Target share
- 21%
- Week 8
- Scored
- 1.5
- PPR pts
Week 8 result: the call to start Mike Gesicki over Eli Raridon was right. Gesicki scored 17.6 PPR points to 1.5 for Raridon. Projected 7.0 to 6.8 before kickoff.
Should I drop Eli Raridon for Mike Gesicki?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Mike Gesicki projects 60 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.7 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).
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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.
TE21 · CIN · bye 6
2026 vs anytime td line 6-1
- Market-based projection
- 7.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 146
TE22 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 2-5
- Market-based projection
- 6.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 152
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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 Mike Gesicki, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Mike Gesicki, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Eli Raridon, 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 through Week 8
Through Week 8, Mike Gesicki has been on the field for 45 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 6 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 43 two minute targets.
His 24 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.
In Week 5 against MIA he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 7 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against TEN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 8, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 51 percent of NE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 30 two minute targets.
His 20 targets have averaged 7.2 air yards.
In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 56 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against MIA he caught 1 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Mike Gesicki played 13 games and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.
He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.
That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Head to head
This season Eli Raridon holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 45 percent.
This season Eli Raridon holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 9 percent.
Byes and availability
Mike Gesicki is off in Week 6 and Eli Raridon in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Eli Raridon for Mike Gesicki?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Mike Gesicki projects 60 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.7 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Mike Gesicki for Eli Raridon?
No. Keep Mike Gesicki: he projects 60 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.7 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).
Both players in full
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