Should I start Makai Lemon or Jordan Addison in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 6:46 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Week 8 verdict
Start Jordan Addison over Makai Lemon
- Market projects
- 8.9
- fantasy pts
- DET D vs WR
- 39.2
- 3rd most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 90%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 20%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 7.5
- recent weeks avg
- WAS D vs WR
- 35.9
- 6th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 76%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 16%
- Through Week 7
Start Jordan Addison: 95 percent of the snaps and 26 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Makai Lemon's 79 percent of the snaps and 18 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 Makai Lemon for Jordan Addison?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jordan Addison projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 10 games), Makai Lemon 58 (6.4 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jordan Addison over Makai Lemon.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
WR10 · PHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-6
- Market-based projection
- 10.0 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 23
WR12 · MIN · bye 6
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Market-based projection
- 8.9 pts a game
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The gap
- Board size292 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 Makai Lemon, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Addison, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Makai Lemon, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Jordan Addison's market-based projection is 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 177 players with a market-based projection.
This season so far
Through Week 6, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 72 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 6 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 29 two minute targets.
His 28 targets have averaged 5.2 air yards.
In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 7 targets for 43 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against CAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.
Through Week 7, Jordan Addison has been on the field for 92 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 12 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 10 two minute targets.
His 25 targets have averaged 13.2 air yards.
In Week 3 against TB he caught 5 of 9 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 4 against MIA he carried 1 time for -1 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 52 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against IND he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 20 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
In 2025 Jordan Addison played 14 games and scored 135.1 PPR points, 9.7 a game, finishing WR45.
He caught 42 of 79 targets for 610 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.
That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 15 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season Jordan Addison holds the bigger snap share, 92 percent against 72 percent.
This season Jordan Addison holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 15 percent.
Byes and availability
Makai Lemon is off in Week 10 and Jordan Addison in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
Makai Lemon has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Makai Lemon for Jordan Addison?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jordan Addison projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 10 games), Makai Lemon 58 (6.4 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jordan Addison over Makai Lemon.
Should I drop Jordan Addison for Makai Lemon?
No. Keep Jordan Addison: he projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 10 games), Makai Lemon 58 (6.4 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jordan Addison over Makai Lemon.
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