Should I start Jameis Winston or Tyler Warren in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 3:46 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Tyler Warren: 91 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jameis Winston's 85 percent of the snaps and 0 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 Tyler Warren for Jameis Winston?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jameis Winston projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games), Tyler Warren 123 (12.3 a game over 10 games). Tyler Warren is listed out.

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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.

Jameis Winston

QB14 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs pass yds line 2-3

Market-based projection: 14.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 108

Tyler Warren

TE23 · IND · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 3-2

Market-based projection: 13.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 139

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The gap

Board size299 draftable players

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 Jameis Winston, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Warren, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Jameis Winston, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for Tyler Warren is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 88 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 178 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 178 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 4 against ARI he completed 18 of 29 passes for 250 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

In Week 5 against WAS he completed 33 of 54 passes for 326 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 28 yards.

In Week 6 against NO he completed 14 of 26 passes for 152 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

Through Week 5, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 91 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 83 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jameis Winston played 3 games and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.

He threw for 567 yards on 66 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 22.0 attempts a game at 8.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Warren was available for 14 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jameis Winston scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Tyler Warren 11.1, 4.0 a game between them.

Jameis Winston finished QB46 and Tyler Warren TE4, which are two different ladders.

Jameis Winston is a quarterback and Tyler Warren a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jameis Winston is off in Week 8 and Tyler Warren in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tyler Warren is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Tyler Warren for Jameis Winston?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jameis Winston projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games), Tyler Warren 123 (12.3 a game over 10 games). Tyler Warren is listed out.
Should I drop Jameis Winston for Tyler Warren?
No. Keep Jameis Winston: he projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games), Tyler Warren 123 (12.3 a game over 10 games). Tyler Warren is listed out.