Should I start Kyler Murray or Isaac TeSlaa in Week 8?
Updated Oct 28, 6:16 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start Kyler Murray: his market-based projection is 12.7 points a game ahead of Isaac TeSlaa's this season.
Should I drop Isaac TeSlaa for Kyler Murray?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyler Murray projects 171 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (17.1 a game over 10 games), Isaac TeSlaa 52 (5.2 a game over 10 games).
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
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The gap
- Price difference12.7 points a game
- Board size296 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from the market projection.
The market-based projections
Kyler Murray's market-based projection is 17.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 11th highest figure of the 201 players with a market-based projection.
Isaac TeSlaa's market-based projection is 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 85th highest figure of the 201 players with a market-based projection.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyler Murray, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
This season through Week 7
Through Week 7, Kyler Murray has been on the field for 84 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 151 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 21 of 151 dropbacks and scrambled 15 times.
In Week 4 against MIA he completed 27 of 37 passes for 247 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 21 yards.
In Week 5 against NO he completed 24 of 29 passes for 229 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 54 yards.
In Week 7 against IND he completed 14 of 24 passes for 150 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 41 yards.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Kyler Murray played 5 games and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.
He threw for 962 yards on 161 attempts with 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 32.2 attempts a game at 6.0 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
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.
Isaac TeSlaa was available for 12 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Kyler Murray scored 16.2 PPR points a game and Isaac TeSlaa 4.5, 11.7 a game between them.
Kyler Murray finished QB38 and Isaac TeSlaa WR82, which are two different ladders.
Kyler Murray is a quarterback and Isaac TeSlaa a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
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
12.7 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.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Isaac TeSlaa for Kyler Murray?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyler Murray projects 171 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (17.1 a game over 10 games), Isaac TeSlaa 52 (5.2 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Kyler Murray for Isaac TeSlaa?
No. Keep Kyler Murray: he projects 171 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (17.1 a game over 10 games), Isaac TeSlaa 52 (5.2 a game over 10 games).
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