Should I start Tim Patrick or Theo Wease Jr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tim Patrick, and the board ranks him 186th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Theo Wease Jr., and the board ranks him 188th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tim Patrick is 0.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Theo Wease Jr. at 0.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Tim Patrick has been on the field for 60 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he was not given the ball.

Through Week 6, Theo Wease Jr. has been on the field for 56 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 19 third down targets and seen 2 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tim Patrick played 16 games and scored 51.7 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing WR107.

He caught 15 of 24 targets for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 1-2 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 31 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Theo Wease Jr. played 3 games and scored 25.9 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing WR143.

He caught 6 of 10 targets for 139 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 23.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 32 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tim Patrick was available for 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Theo Wease Jr. scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Tim Patrick 3.2, 5.4 a game between them.

Tim Patrick finished WR107 that year and Theo Wease Jr. WR143.

Tim Patrick had 14 more targets than Theo Wease Jr., 24 to 10.

Tim Patrick had 48 more receiving yards than Theo Wease Jr., 187 to 139.

This season Tim Patrick holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 56 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 7 percent each.

Byes and availability

Tim Patrick is off in Week 13 and Theo Wease Jr. in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.