Should I start Jaylin Noel or Terry McLaurin in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 12:26 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

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Oct 25, 4:13 PM ET: Jaylin Noel: Listed Questionable (Toe) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Terry McLaurin: 48 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jaylin Noel's 42 percent of the snaps and 12 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 Jaylin Noel for Terry McLaurin?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Terry McLaurin projects 58 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.8 a game over 10 games), Jaylin Noel 50 (5.6 a game over 9 games). Jaylin Noel is listed questionable. Terry McLaurin 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.

Jaylin Noel

WR · HOU · on bye this week

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection: 6.4 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 249

Terry McLaurin

WR · WAS · bye 7

2026 vs anytime td line 1-4

Overall rank: 251

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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 Jaylin Noel, and the board ranks him 249th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Terry McLaurin, and the board ranks him 251st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Jaylin Noel has been on the field for 44 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 9.8 air yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 4 of 4 targets for 107 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for -3 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 61 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 12.9 air yards.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYG he caught 4 of 4 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SF he caught 1 of 1 target for 27 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaylin Noel played 17 games and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.

He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaylin Noel was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Jaylin Noel 4.0, 7.4 a game between them.

Jaylin Noel finished WR91 that year and Terry McLaurin WR56.

Terry McLaurin had 25 more targets than Jaylin Noel, 60 to 35.

Terry McLaurin had 290 more receiving yards than Jaylin Noel, 582 to 292.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 44 percent.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Jaylin Noel is off in Week 8 and Terry McLaurin in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jaylin Noel is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Terry McLaurin is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Jaylin Noel for Terry McLaurin?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Terry McLaurin projects 58 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.8 a game over 10 games), Jaylin Noel 50 (5.6 a game over 9 games). Jaylin Noel is listed questionable. Terry McLaurin is listed out.
Should I drop Terry McLaurin for Jaylin Noel?
No. Keep Terry McLaurin: he projects 58 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.8 a game over 10 games), Jaylin Noel 50 (5.6 a game over 9 games). Terry McLaurin is listed out. Jaylin Noel is listed questionable.