Should I start Will Mallory or Erick All Jr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Will Mallory, and the board ranks him 161st 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 Will Mallory is 1.2 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.

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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Will Mallory has been on the field for 45 percent of IND snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 2 of 6 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Will Mallory played 2 games and scored 2.6 PPR points, 1.3 a game, finishing TE113.

He caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0-1 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 16.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 13 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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

Head to head

This season Will Mallory holds the bigger snap share, 45 percent against 28 percent.

This season Will Mallory holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Will Mallory is off in Week 13 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.