Should I start Lamar Jackson or Tre Tucker in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Lamar Jackson's market-based projection is 19.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 11th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Tre Tucker's market-based projection is 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 77th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Lamar Jackson, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tre Tucker, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 7, Tre Tucker has been on the field for 68 percent of LV snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 71 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 47 targets have averaged 13.2 air yards.

In Week 5 against NE he carried 2 times for -6 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 5 of 7 targets for 97 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 5 of 12 targets for 103 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Tre Tucker played 17 games and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tre Tucker was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Tre Tucker 9.5, 7.6 a game between them.

Lamar Jackson finished QB20 and Tre Tucker WR38, which are two different ladders.

Lamar Jackson is a quarterback and Tre Tucker 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 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Lamar Jackson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

8.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.