Should I start T.J. Hockenson or Jeremy McNichols in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jeremy McNichols, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

T.J. Hockenson's market-based projection is 10.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 68th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Jeremy McNichols is 6.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 6 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 63 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 13 of 13 targets for 119 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 4 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Jeremy McNichols has been on the field for 18 percent of WAS snaps, taken 31 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 5 times for 13 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jeremy McNichols played 17 games and scored 72.7 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB58.

He carried 44 times for 221 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 25 of 31 targets for 196 more yards.

That came to 2.6 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1-2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 33 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jeremy McNichols was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson scored 7.5 PPR points a game and Jeremy McNichols 4.3, 3.2 a game between them.

T.J. Hockenson finished TE26 and Jeremy McNichols RB58, which are two different ladders.

T.J. Hockenson is a tight end and Jeremy McNichols a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

T.J. Hockenson is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Jeremy McNichols.

What would change the answer

Jeremy McNichols has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.