Should I start Jalen Nailor or Elic Ayomanor in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Nailor, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elic Ayomanor, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jalen Nailor is 1.1 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 Elic Ayomanor is 1.0 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Jalen Nailor has been on the field for 55 percent of LV snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 42 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against KC he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Elic Ayomanor has been on the field for 65 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 1 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 3 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor played 16 games and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 46 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jalen Nailor was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Jalen Nailor 5.9, 1.4 a game between them.

Jalen Nailor finished WR61 that year and Elic Ayomanor WR55.

Elic Ayomanor had 36 more targets than Jalen Nailor, 89 to 53.

Elic Ayomanor had 71 more receiving yards than Jalen Nailor, 515 to 444.

This season Elic Ayomanor holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 55 percent.

This season Elic Ayomanor holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Jalen Nailor is off in Week 13 and Elic Ayomanor in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.