Should I start Tucker Kraft or Makai Lemon in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 6:11 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

Start Tucker Kraft: 82 percent of the snaps and 20 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 Tucker Kraft?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tucker Kraft projects 103 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (11.4 a game over 9 games), Makai Lemon 58 (6.4 a game over 9 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Tucker Kraft

TE3 · GB · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection: 11.2 pts a game

Makai Lemon

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

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The gap

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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 Tucker Kraft, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Makai Lemon, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Tucker Kraft's market-based projection is 11.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 15th highest figure of the 177 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Makai Lemon, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Tucker Kraft has been on the field for 80 percent of GB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 77 third down targets, had 3 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 5.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he caught 5 of 8 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DET he caught 4 of 6 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tucker Kraft played 8 games and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Tucker Kraft is a tight end and Makai Lemon a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tucker Kraft is off in Week 11 and Makai Lemon in Week 10, 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 Tucker Kraft?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tucker Kraft projects 103 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (11.4 a game over 9 games), Makai Lemon 58 (6.4 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Tucker Kraft for Makai Lemon?
No. Keep Tucker Kraft: he projects 103 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (11.4 a game over 9 games), Makai Lemon 58 (6.4 a game over 9 games).