Should I start Pierre Strong Jr. or Isaac TeSlaa in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 5:01 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Isaac TeSlaa: 57 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Pierre Strong Jr.'s 49 percent of the snaps and 33 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for Isaac TeSlaa?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Isaac TeSlaa projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.8 a game over 11 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 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.

Pierre Strong Jr.

RB50 · GB · bye 11

Market-based projection: 7.3 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 145

Isaac TeSlaa

WR46 · DET · bye 6

2026 vs anytime td line 0-5

Market-based projection: 5.3 pts a game

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The gap

Board size311 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 each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pierre Strong Jr., and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Pierre Strong Jr. at 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

Isaac TeSlaa's market-based projection is 5.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 123rd highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Pierre Strong Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Pierre Strong Jr. has been on the field for 49 percent of GB snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 5 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 11 times for 28 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Isaac TeSlaa has been on the field for 63 percent of DET snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 3 of 3 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for Pierre Strong Jr. in the last completed season.

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.

Side by side

Pierre Strong Jr. is a running back 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

Pierre Strong Jr. is off in Week 11 and Isaac TeSlaa in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Pierre Strong Jr. has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for Isaac TeSlaa?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Isaac TeSlaa projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.8 a game over 11 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 52 (5.2 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Isaac TeSlaa for Pierre Strong Jr.?
No. Keep Isaac TeSlaa: he projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.8 a game over 11 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 52 (5.2 a game over 10 games).