Should I start Keon Coleman or Lamar Jackson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keon Coleman, and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Lamar Jackson, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.

The market-based projections

Keon Coleman's market-based projection is 7.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 49th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Lamar Jackson is 20.5 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 4 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Keon Coleman has been on the field for 68 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 14.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 6 of 7 targets for 116 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 4 of 6 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 88 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 111 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 111 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 2 against NO he completed 21 of 30 passes for 235 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 34 yards.

In Week 3 against DAL he completed 15 of 20 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 50 yards.

In Week 4 against TEN he completed 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 20 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keon Coleman played 13 games and scored 102.4 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR60.

He caught 38 of 59 targets for 404 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 4-5 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Lamar Jackson played 13 games and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.

He threw for 2549 yards on 302 attempts with 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 23.2 attempts a game at 8.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 92 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 13 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Keon Coleman 7.9, 9.2 a game between them.

Keon Coleman finished WR60 and Lamar Jackson QB20, which are two different ladders.

Keon Coleman is a wide receiver and Lamar Jackson a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Keon Coleman is off in Week 7 and Lamar Jackson in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Lamar Jackson is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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