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Should I start Jordan Addison or Emeka Egbuka in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 1:26 PM ET.

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Week 8 verdict

Start

WR · MIN · at DET

Market projects
8.9
fantasy pts
DET D vs WR
39.2
3rd most to WRs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
64 of 100 at WR
Snap share
90%
Through Week 7
Target share
20%
Through Week 7
Sit

WR · TB · vs ATL · Out

Market projects
8.9
recent weeks avg
ATL D vs WR
34.4
11th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share
86%
Through Week 6
Target share
26%
Through Week 6
Start Addison or Egbuka? The full Week 8 breakdown

Start Jordan Addison: 93 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Emeka Egbuka's 89 percent of the snaps and 32 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 Jordan Addison?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jordan Addison projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 10 games), Emeka Egbuka 80 (8.9 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jordan Addison over Emeka Egbuka. Emeka Egbuka is listed out.

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

WR11 · MIN · bye 6

2026 vs anytime td line 1-4

Market-based projection
8.9 pts a game

WR25 · TB · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 3-3

Overall rank
60

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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 Jordan Addison, and the board ranks him 24th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emeka Egbuka, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Jordan Addison's market-based projection is 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 23rd highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Jordan Addison has been on the field for 90 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 13.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 5 of 9 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 1 time for -1 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 52 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Addison played 14 games and scored 135.1 PPR points, 9.7 a game, finishing WR45.

He caught 42 of 79 targets for 610 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 15 yards a catch.

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

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.

Emeka Egbuka was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Jordan Addison 9.7, 1.9 a game between them.

Jordan Addison finished WR45 that year and Emeka Egbuka WR23.

Emeka Egbuka had 48 more targets than Jordan Addison, 127 to 79.

Emeka Egbuka had 328 more receiving yards than Jordan Addison, 938 to 610.

This season Jordan Addison holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 86 percent.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Jordan Addison is off in Week 6 and Emeka Egbuka in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Emeka Egbuka is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Emeka Egbuka 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 Emeka Egbuka for Jordan Addison?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Jordan Addison projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 10 games), Emeka Egbuka 80 (8.9 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jordan Addison over Emeka Egbuka. Emeka Egbuka is listed out.

  • Should I drop Jordan Addison for Emeka Egbuka?

    No. Keep Jordan Addison: he projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 10 games), Emeka Egbuka 80 (8.9 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jordan Addison over Emeka Egbuka. Emeka Egbuka is listed out.

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