Should I start Tyler Goodson or Emanuel Wilson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Goodson, and the board ranks him 95th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emanuel Wilson, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Goodson is 5.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 8 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Emanuel Wilson is 4.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Tyler Goodson has been on the field for 15 percent of DAL snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 0.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against TB he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against GB he carried 2 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PHI he carried 10 times for 38 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Emanuel Wilson has been on the field for 41 percent of SEA snaps, taken 55 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 62 third down targets, had 7 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 1.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against SF he carried 20 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against DEN he carried 14 times for 52 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against KC he carried 24 times for 100 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Goodson played 11 games and scored 5.2 PPR points, 0.5 a game, finishing RB121.

He carried 9 times for 24 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 8 more yards.

That came to 0.8 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Emanuel Wilson played 17 games and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He carried 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 more yards.

That came to 7.4 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Emanuel Wilson was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Emanuel Wilson scored 5.6 PPR points a game and Tyler Goodson 0.5, 5.1 a game between them.

Tyler Goodson finished RB121 that year and Emanuel Wilson RB49.

Emanuel Wilson had 116 more carries than Tyler Goodson, 125 to 9.

Emanuel Wilson had 13 more catches than Tyler Goodson, 15 to 2.

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 41 percent against 15 percent.

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger share of the carries, 55 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Emanuel Wilson is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Tyler Goodson.