Should I start Isaac TeSlaa or Laquon Treadwell in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Laquon Treadwell, and the board ranks him 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Isaac TeSlaa is 1.3 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 Laquon Treadwell is 0.9 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, Laquon Treadwell has been on the field for 76 percent of IND snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 12.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 2 of 8 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 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 Laquon Treadwell played 10 games.

He caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Isaac TeSlaa was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

Isaac TeSlaa had 27 more targets than Laquon Treadwell, 27 to 0.

Isaac TeSlaa had 239 more receiving yards than Laquon Treadwell, 239 to 0.

This season Laquon Treadwell holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 60 percent.

This season Laquon Treadwell holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

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