Should I start Isaac TeSlaa or Keaton Mitchell in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keaton Mitchell, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Isaac TeSlaa's market-based projection is 4.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 131st highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Keaton Mitchell is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

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 6, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 32 percent of LAC snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 10 times for 39 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 6 times for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Keaton Mitchell played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He carried 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 more yards.

That came to 4-5 carries a game at 5.8 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Isaac TeSlaa was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Isaac TeSlaa scored 4.5 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 0.2 a game between them.

Isaac TeSlaa finished WR82 and Keaton Mitchell RB67, which are two different ladders.

Isaac TeSlaa is a wide receiver and Keaton Mitchell a running back, 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 and Keaton Mitchell in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Keaton Mitchell has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.