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Should I start Tommy Tremble or Elic Ayomanor in Week 8?

Updated Oct 28, 11:21 AM ET.

Start Elic Ayomanor: 68 percent of the snaps and 13 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Tommy Tremble's 57 percent of the snaps and 10 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Elic Ayomanor for Tommy Tremble?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tommy Tremble projects 51 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.1 a game over 10 games), Elic Ayomanor 33 (3.7 a game over 9 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

TE14 · CAR · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
5.4 pts a game

WR71 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Market-based projection
4.1 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank
146

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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 Tommy Tremble, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elic Ayomanor, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Tommy Tremble's market-based projection is 5.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 204 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Elic Ayomanor is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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, Tommy Tremble has been on the field for 55 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 5.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 4 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 46 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 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 Tommy Tremble played 17 games and scored 63.9 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing TE42.

He caught 27 of 37 targets for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.2 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 60 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.

Tommy Tremble was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Tommy Tremble 3.8, 3.5 a game between them.

Tommy Tremble finished TE42 and Elic Ayomanor WR55, which are two different ladders.

Tommy Tremble is a tight end and Elic Ayomanor a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Elic Ayomanor is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Tommy Tremble.

What would change the answer

Elic Ayomanor has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Elic Ayomanor for Tommy Tremble?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Tommy Tremble projects 51 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.1 a game over 10 games), Elic Ayomanor 33 (3.7 a game over 9 games).

  • Should I drop Tommy Tremble for Elic Ayomanor?

    No. Keep Tommy Tremble: he projects 51 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.1 a game over 10 games), Elic Ayomanor 33 (3.7 a game over 9 games).

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