Should I start Gunnar Helm or Isaac TeSlaa in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Gunnar Helm's market-based projection is 5.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 119th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Isaac TeSlaa's market-based projection is 4.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 127th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Gunnar Helm, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Gunnar Helm has been on the field for 78 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he was not given the ball.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 3 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Isaac TeSlaa has been on the field for 60 percent of DET snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 4 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Gunnar Helm played 16 games and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 8.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Isaac TeSlaa played 17 games and scored 75.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR82.

He caught 16 of 27 targets for 239 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Isaac TeSlaa was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Gunnar Helm scored 5.7 PPR points a game and Isaac TeSlaa 4.5, 1.3 a game between them.

Gunnar Helm finished TE31 and Isaac TeSlaa WR82, which are two different ladders.

Gunnar Helm is a tight end and Isaac TeSlaa a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Isaac TeSlaa is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Gunnar Helm.

What would change the answer

0.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.