Should I start Emeka Egbuka or Jakobi Meyers in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emeka Egbuka, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jakobi Meyers, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Emeka Egbuka is 3.1 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 Jakobi Meyers is 2.9 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 86 percent of TB snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 7 of 16 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 80 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 3 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Emeka Egbuka was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Jakobi Meyers 11.0, 0.5 a game between them.

Emeka Egbuka finished WR23 that year and Jakobi Meyers WR32.

Emeka Egbuka had 17 more targets than Jakobi Meyers, 127 to 110.

Emeka Egbuka had 103 more receiving yards than Jakobi Meyers, 938 to 835.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 80 percent.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Emeka Egbuka is off in Week 10 and Jakobi Meyers in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Emeka Egbuka is listed as out on the injury report.