Should I start MarShawn Lloyd or Jahan Dotson in Week 8?

The market-based projections

MarShawn Lloyd's market-based projection is 5.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 69th highest figure of the 199 players with a market-based projection.

Jahan Dotson's market-based projection is 5.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 74th highest figure of the 199 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on MarShawn Lloyd, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jahan Dotson, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, MarShawn Lloyd has been on the field for 38 percent of GB snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 77 third down targets, had 3 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 8 times for 10 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DET he carried 6 times for 20 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 67 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 16.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 87 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against SF he caught 1 of 3 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.

In 2025 Jahan Dotson played 17 games and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

MarShawn Lloyd is a running back and Jahan Dotson 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 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.3 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.