Should I start Jerry Jeudy or Tim Patrick in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jerry Jeudy, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tim Patrick, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jerry Jeudy is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Tim Patrick is 0.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Jerry Jeudy has been on the field for 59 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 39 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against NYJ he caught 3 of 7 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BAL he caught 4 of 4 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TEN he caught 4 of 4 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Tim Patrick has been on the field for 60 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jerry Jeudy played 17 games and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Tim Patrick played 16 games and scored 51.7 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing WR107.

He caught 15 of 24 targets for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 1-2 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 31 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jerry Jeudy was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jerry Jeudy scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Tim Patrick 3.2, 3.9 a game between them.

Jerry Jeudy finished WR52 that year and Tim Patrick WR107.

Jerry Jeudy had 82 more targets than Tim Patrick, 106 to 24.

Jerry Jeudy had 415 more receiving yards than Tim Patrick, 602 to 187.

This season Tim Patrick holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 59 percent.

This season Jerry Jeudy holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Jerry Jeudy is off in Week 11 and Tim Patrick in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.