Should I start Isaac TeSlaa or Jalen Nailor in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Nailor, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Isaac TeSlaa is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Jalen Nailor is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

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.

Through Week 7, Jalen Nailor has been on the field for 55 percent of LV snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 42 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against KC he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jalen Nailor scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Isaac TeSlaa 4.5, 1.5 a game between them.

Isaac TeSlaa finished WR82 that year and Jalen Nailor WR61.

Jalen Nailor had 26 more targets than Isaac TeSlaa, 53 to 27.

Jalen Nailor had 205 more receiving yards than Isaac TeSlaa, 444 to 239.

This season Isaac TeSlaa holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 55 percent.

This season Isaac TeSlaa holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Isaac TeSlaa is off in Week 6 and Jalen Nailor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.