Should I start Tucker Kraft or T.J. Hockenson in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Tucker Kraft's market-based projection is 11.3 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.

T.J. Hockenson's market-based projection is 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 17th highest figure of the 177 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tucker Kraft, and the board ranks him 21st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 24th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

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 7, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 60 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 13 of 13 targets for 119 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 4 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

T.J. Hockenson was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tucker Kraft scored 14.7 PPR points a game and T.J. Hockenson 7.5, 7.1 a game between them.

Tucker Kraft finished TE24 that year and T.J. Hockenson TE26.

T.J. Hockenson had 22 more targets than Tucker Kraft, 66 to 44.

Tucker Kraft had 51 more receiving yards than T.J. Hockenson, 489 to 438.

This season Tucker Kraft holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 60 percent.

This season T.J. Hockenson holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Tucker Kraft is off in Week 11 and T.J. Hockenson in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.3 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.