Should I start Ted Hurst III or Isaac TeSlaa in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ted Hurst III, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ted Hurst III is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 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.

Ted Hurst III's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Ted Hurst III has been on the field for 49 percent of TB snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 15.5 air yards.

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

In Week 8 against ATL he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Isaac TeSlaa has been on the field for 57 percent of DET snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against MIN he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

Ted Hurst III is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

This season Isaac TeSlaa holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 49 percent.

This season Ted Hurst III holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Ted Hurst III is off in Week 10 and Isaac TeSlaa in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.