Should I start Michael Penix Jr. or Kenyon Sadiq in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Penix Jr., and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenyon Sadiq, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Michael Penix Jr. at 0.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Kenyon Sadiq is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Michael Penix Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Michael Penix Jr. has dropped back 34 times and thrown 6.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 0 of 34 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 7 against SF he completed 25 of 33 passes for 213 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 2 yards.

Through Week 7, Kenyon Sadiq has been on the field for 40 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

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

In Week 6 against NE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.

He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kenyon Sadiq is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Michael Penix Jr. is a quarterback and Kenyon Sadiq a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Michael Penix Jr. is off in Week 11 and Kenyon Sadiq in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.