Should I start Evan Engram or Will Mallory in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Evan Engram, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Will Mallory, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Evan Engram 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-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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Evan Engram has been on the field for 57 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 5.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 4 of 4 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 1 of 3 targets for 2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Will Mallory has been on the field for 52 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Evan Engram played 16 games and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 42 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Evan Engram was available for 14 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Evan Engram scored 6.4 PPR points a game and Will Mallory 1.3, 5.1 a game between them.

Evan Engram finished TE29 that year and Will Mallory TE113.

Evan Engram had 75 more targets than Will Mallory, 76 to 1.

Evan Engram had 445 more receiving yards than Will Mallory, 461 to 16.

This season Evan Engram holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 52 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Evan Engram is off in Week 10 and Will Mallory in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.