Should I start Elic Ayomanor or Joshua Palmer in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Elic Ayomanor's market-based projection is 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 139th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Joshua Palmer's market-based projection is 3.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 149th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elic Ayomanor, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Joshua Palmer, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

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 6, Joshua Palmer has been on the field for 37 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 23.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 1 of 4 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 1 of 2 targets for 37 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 Joshua Palmer played 12 games and scored 52.3 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing WR105.

He caught 22 of 37 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Elic Ayomanor was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Joshua Palmer 4.4, 2.9 a game between them.

Elic Ayomanor finished WR55 that year and Joshua Palmer WR105.

Elic Ayomanor had 52 more targets than Joshua Palmer, 89 to 37.

Elic Ayomanor had 212 more receiving yards than Joshua Palmer, 515 to 303.

This season Elic Ayomanor holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 37 percent.

This season Elic Ayomanor holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Elic Ayomanor is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Joshua Palmer.

What would change the answer

0.8 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.