Should I start Michael Wilson or Jakobi Meyers in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Wilson, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jakobi Meyers, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Michael Wilson is 2.9 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.

The market-based projection for Jakobi Meyers is 2.9 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 76 third down targets, had 7 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 17 of its 45 two minute targets.

His 66 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 4 of 7 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he carried 2 times for 11 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 80 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 3 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.

He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Michael Wilson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Michael Wilson scored 13.0 PPR points a game and Jakobi Meyers 11.0, 2.0 a game between them.

Michael Wilson finished WR10 that year and Jakobi Meyers WR32.

Michael Wilson had 16 more targets than Jakobi Meyers, 126 to 110.

Michael Wilson had 171 more receiving yards than Jakobi Meyers, 1006 to 835.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 80 percent.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Michael Wilson is off in Week 14 and Jakobi Meyers in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.