Should I start MarShawn Lloyd or Ja'Marr Chase in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on MarShawn Lloyd, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Marr Chase, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

The market-based projections

MarShawn Lloyd's market-based projection is 5.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 31st highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Ja'Marr Chase is 4.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

Ja'Marr Chase's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

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, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 77 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 9.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 6 of 10 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 62 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

MarShawn Lloyd is a running back and Ja'Marr Chase a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

MarShawn Lloyd is off in Week 11 and Ja'Marr Chase in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Ja'Marr Chase has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.