Should I start Isaac TeSlaa or Kevin Coleman Jr. in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kevin Coleman Jr., and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Isaac TeSlaa is 1.4 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.

The market has Kevin Coleman Jr. at 1.4 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 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 8, Kevin Coleman Jr. has been on the field for 15 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against NYJ he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NE he caught 3 of 3 targets for 46 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.

Kevin Coleman Jr. is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Isaac TeSlaa holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 15 percent.

This season Isaac TeSlaa holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

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