Should I start Matthew Stafford or Erick All Jr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Matthew Stafford, and the board ranks him 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Erick All Jr., and the board ranks him 174th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Matthew Stafford is 0.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Erick All Jr. at 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Matthew Stafford has been on the field for 98 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 290 times and thrown 8.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 43 of 290 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 5 against BUF he completed 40 of 54 passes for 383 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

In Week 6 against ARI he completed 25 of 33 passes for 222 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

In Week 7 against LV he completed 23 of 29 passes for 195 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Through Week 7, Erick All Jr. has been on the field for 28 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Matthew Stafford played 17 games and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.

He threw for 4707 yards on 597 attempts with 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 35.1 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

The season feed carries no line for Erick All Jr. in the last completed season.

Side by side

Matthew Stafford is a quarterback and Erick All Jr. a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Matthew Stafford is off in Week 11 and Erick All Jr. in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Erick All Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.