Should I start Kendrick Bourne or Jaxon Smith-Njigba in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendrick Bourne, and the board ranks him 28th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 8.

The market-based projections

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

The market-based projection for Jaxon Smith-Njigba is 5.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Kendrick Bourne has been on the field for 58 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 76 third down targets, had 1 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 45 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 5 of 8 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 5 of 8 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Jaxon Smith-Njigba has been on the field for 85 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 36 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 28 of the offence's 62 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 15 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 78 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against SF he carried 1 time for 16 yards, caught 5 of 8 targets for 102 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against DEN he caught 12 of 16 targets for 134 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against KC he carried 2 times for 13 yards, caught 9 of 12 targets for 150 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kendrick Bourne played 16 games and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jaxon Smith-Njigba played 17 games and scored 359.9 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing WR2.

He caught 119 of 163 targets for 1793 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 9.6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaxon Smith-Njigba scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Kendrick Bourne 5.8, 15.4 a game between them.

Kendrick Bourne finished WR68 that year and Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR2.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 110 more targets than Kendrick Bourne, 163 to 53.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 1242 more receiving yards than Kendrick Bourne, 1793 to 551.

This season Jaxon Smith-Njigba holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 58 percent.

This season Jaxon Smith-Njigba holds the bigger target share, 36 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Kendrick Bourne is off in Week 14 and Jaxon Smith-Njigba in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.