Should I start Mike Gesicki or Marvin Harrison Jr. in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Mike Gesicki's market-based projection is 7.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 105th highest figure of the 224 players with a market-based projection.

Marvin Harrison Jr.'s market-based projection is 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 110th highest figure of the 224 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Gesicki, and the board ranks him 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Marvin Harrison Jr., and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 19; 2QB: ADP 41.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Mike Gesicki has been on the field for 48 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Marvin Harrison Jr. has been on the field for 21 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 20.5 air yards.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Gesicki played 13 games and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Marvin Harrison Jr. played 12 games and scored 127.8 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR49.

He caught 41 of 73 targets for 608 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 56 percent catch rate and 14.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Mike Gesicki was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Marvin Harrison Jr. scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Mike Gesicki 5.4, 5.2 a game between them.

Mike Gesicki finished TE41 and Marvin Harrison Jr. WR49, which are two different ladders.

Mike Gesicki is a tight end and Marvin Harrison Jr. a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Mike Gesicki is off in Week 6 and Marvin Harrison Jr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.7 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.