Should I start Tyler Warren or Quinshon Judkins in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Warren, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Warren is 2.3 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.

The market-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 91 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 83 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 60 percent of CLE snaps, taken 60 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 42 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 5 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 17 times for 53 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 44 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TEN he carried 17 times for 96 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Warren was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Tyler Warren 11.1, 0.2 a game between them.

Tyler Warren finished TE4 and Quinshon Judkins RB26, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Warren is a tight end and Quinshon Judkins a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tyler Warren is off in Week 13 and Quinshon Judkins in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tyler Warren is listed as out on the injury report.