Should I start Harold Fannin Jr. or Lamar Jackson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Harold Fannin Jr., and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Lamar Jackson, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.

The market-based projections

The market has Harold Fannin Jr. at 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. 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 Lamar Jackson is 2.1 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.

Harold Fannin Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Harold Fannin Jr. has been on the field for 83 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 4.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against TEN he caught 6 of 9 targets for 91 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 88 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 111 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 111 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 2 against NO he completed 21 of 30 passes for 235 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 34 yards.

In Week 3 against DAL he completed 15 of 20 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 50 yards.

In Week 4 against TEN he completed 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 20 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Lamar Jackson played 13 games and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.

He threw for 2549 yards on 302 attempts with 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 23.2 attempts a game at 8.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 92 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Harold Fannin Jr. was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Harold Fannin Jr. 11.7, 5.4 a game between them.

Harold Fannin Jr. finished TE6 and Lamar Jackson QB20, which are two different ladders.

Harold Fannin Jr. is a tight end and Lamar Jackson a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Harold Fannin Jr. is off in Week 11 and Lamar Jackson in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Lamar Jackson is listed as out on the injury report.