Should I start Harold Fannin Jr. or Mike Gesicki in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Harold Fannin Jr.'s market-based projection is 8.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 99th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Mike Gesicki's market-based projection is 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 106th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Harold Fannin Jr., and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Gesicki, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

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 7, Mike Gesicki has been on the field for 45 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Mike Gesicki played 13 games and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

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

Harold Fannin Jr. was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Harold Fannin Jr. scored 11.7 PPR points a game and Mike Gesicki 5.4, 6.2 a game between them.

Harold Fannin Jr. finished TE6 that year and Mike Gesicki TE41.

Harold Fannin Jr. had 65 more targets than Mike Gesicki, 107 to 42.

Harold Fannin Jr. had 424 more receiving yards than Mike Gesicki, 731 to 307.

This season Harold Fannin Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 45 percent.

This season Harold Fannin Jr. holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Harold Fannin Jr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Mike Gesicki.

What would change the answer

1.5 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.