Should I start Emeka Egbuka or Jameis Winston in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 1:26 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Emeka Egbuka: 89 percent of the snaps and 32 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jameis Winston's 85 percent of the snaps and 0 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 Emeka Egbuka for Jameis Winston?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jameis Winston projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games), Emeka Egbuka 90 (9.0 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Emeka Egbuka

WR42 · TB · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 3-3

Market-based projection: 9.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 106

Jameis Winston

QB14 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs pass yds line 2-3

Market-based projection: 14.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 107

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The gap

Board size299 draftable players

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 Emeka Egbuka, and the board ranks him 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jameis Winston, and the board ranks him 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Emeka Egbuka is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

No season market is posted for Jameis Winston, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 88 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 178 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 178 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 4 against ARI he completed 18 of 29 passes for 250 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

In Week 5 against WAS he completed 33 of 54 passes for 326 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 28 yards.

In Week 6 against NO he completed 14 of 26 passes for 152 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

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 Jameis Winston played 3 games and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.

He threw for 567 yards on 66 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 22.0 attempts a game at 8.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Emeka Egbuka was available for 14 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jameis Winston scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Emeka Egbuka 11.5, 3.6 a game between them.

Emeka Egbuka finished WR23 and Jameis Winston QB46, which are two different ladders.

Emeka Egbuka is a wide receiver and Jameis Winston a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Emeka Egbuka is off in Week 10 and Jameis Winston in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Emeka Egbuka for Jameis Winston?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jameis Winston projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games), Emeka Egbuka 90 (9.0 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Jameis Winston for Emeka Egbuka?
No. Keep Jameis Winston: he projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games), Emeka Egbuka 90 (9.0 a game over 10 games).