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Should I start Jake Ferguson or Tre Tucker in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 4:11 AM ET.

Start Jake Ferguson: 74 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Tre Tucker's 66 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the targets. 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 Jake Ferguson for Tre Tucker?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tre Tucker projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Jake Ferguson 78 (7.8 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

TE21 · DAL · bye 14

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Market-based projection
7.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
122

WR53 · LV · bye 13

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Market-based projection
9.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
123

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The gap

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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 Jake Ferguson, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tre Tucker, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jake Ferguson is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Tre Tucker is 1.8 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.

Jake Ferguson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Jake Ferguson has been on the field for 72 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 1 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Tre Tucker has been on the field for 66 percent of LV snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 14.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 4 of 8 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NE he carried 2 times for -6 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 5 of 7 targets for 97 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jake Ferguson played 17 games and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.

He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 7.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Tre Tucker played 17 games and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Jake Ferguson scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Tre Tucker 9.5, 1.6 a game between them.

Jake Ferguson finished TE5 and Tre Tucker WR38, which are two different ladders.

Jake Ferguson is a tight end and Tre Tucker a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jake Ferguson is off in Week 14 and Tre Tucker in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Jake Ferguson for Tre Tucker?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Tre Tucker projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Jake Ferguson 78 (7.8 a game over 10 games).

  • Should I drop Tre Tucker for Jake Ferguson?

    No. Keep Tre Tucker: he projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 10 games), Jake Ferguson 78 (7.8 a game over 10 games).

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