Should I start Emeka Egbuka or Jaylin Noel in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emeka Egbuka, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylin Noel, and the board ranks him 147th 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 8 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.

The market-based projection for Jaylin Noel is 1.4 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, Jaylin Noel has been on the field for 46 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 85 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TEN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 4 of 4 targets for 107 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Jaylin Noel played 17 games and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.

He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Jaylin Noel 4.0, 7.5 a game between them.

Emeka Egbuka finished WR23 that year and Jaylin Noel WR91.

Emeka Egbuka had 92 more targets than Jaylin Noel, 127 to 35.

Emeka Egbuka had 646 more receiving yards than Jaylin Noel, 938 to 292.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 46 percent.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

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