Should I start Keaton Mitchell or Theo Wease Jr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keaton Mitchell, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Theo Wease Jr., and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Keaton Mitchell is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Theo Wease Jr. at 0.5 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 32 percent of LAC snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 10 times for 39 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 6 times for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Theo Wease Jr. has been on the field for 56 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 19 third down targets and seen 2 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keaton Mitchell played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He carried 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 more yards.

That came to 4-5 carries a game at 5.8 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Theo Wease Jr. played 3 games and scored 25.9 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing WR143.

He caught 6 of 10 targets for 139 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 23.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 32 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Keaton Mitchell was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Theo Wease Jr. scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 4.4 a game between them.

Keaton Mitchell finished RB67 and Theo Wease Jr. WR143, which are two different ladders.

Keaton Mitchell is a running back and Theo Wease Jr. a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.