Should I start Elic Ayomanor or Jauan Jennings in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elic Ayomanor, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jauan Jennings, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Jauan Jennings is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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.

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

This season through Week 7

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.

Through Week 7, Jauan Jennings has been on the field for 70 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jauan Jennings played 15 games and scored 173.3 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing WR33.

He caught 55 of 90 targets for 643 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Elic Ayomanor was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jauan Jennings scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Elic Ayomanor 7.3, 4.3 a game between them.

Elic Ayomanor finished WR55 that year and Jauan Jennings WR33.

Jauan Jennings had 1 more targets than Elic Ayomanor, 90 to 89.

Jauan Jennings had 128 more receiving yards than Elic Ayomanor, 643 to 515.

This season Jauan Jennings holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 65 percent.

This season Elic Ayomanor holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Elic Ayomanor is off in Week 9 and Jauan Jennings in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.