Should I start Isaac TeSlaa or Ja'Marr Chase in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Marr Chase, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

The market-based projections

Isaac TeSlaa's market-based projection is 4.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 44th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Ja'Marr Chase is 4.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

Ja'Marr Chase'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, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 77 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 9.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 6 of 10 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 62 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Isaac TeSlaa was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Isaac TeSlaa 4.5, 15.1 a game between them.

Isaac TeSlaa finished WR82 that year and Ja'Marr Chase WR4.

Ja'Marr Chase had 158 more targets than Isaac TeSlaa, 185 to 27.

Ja'Marr Chase had 1173 more receiving yards than Isaac TeSlaa, 1412 to 239.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 60 percent.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 6, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

Ja'Marr Chase has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.