Should I start Tyler Warren or Trevor Lawrence in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 5:11 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

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Oct 23, 2:27 PM ET: Colts' Tyler Warren to miss second game with groin injury (ESPN)
Oct 23, 1:13 PM ET: Tyler Warren: Questionable to Out (Groin) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Trevor Lawrence: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Tyler Warren's 91 percent of the snaps and 22 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 Tyler Warren for Trevor Lawrence?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Trevor Lawrence projects 172 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 10 games), Tyler Warren 104 (11.6 a game over 9 games). Tyler Warren is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Tyler Warren

TE13 · IND · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 3-2

Overall rank: 90

Trevor Lawrence

QB12 · JAX · bye 7

2026 vs pass yds line 3-3

Overall rank: 91

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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 Tyler Warren, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trevor Lawrence, and the board ranks him 91st 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 Trevor Lawrence is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback'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 6, Trevor Lawrence has been on the field for 97 percent of JAX snaps, dropped back 200 times and thrown 8.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 200 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 4 against CIN he completed 18 of 23 passes for 227 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

In Week 5 against PHI he completed 24 of 39 passes for 331 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 25 yards.

In Week 6 against HOU he completed 24 of 41 passes for 306 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

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 Trevor Lawrence played 17 games and scored 350.2 PPR points, 20.6 a game, finishing QB4.

He threw for 4007 yards on 560 attempts with 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, and ran for 359 yards and 9 touchdowns.

That came to 32.9 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Trevor Lawrence scored 20.6 PPR points a game and Tyler Warren 11.1, 9.5 a game between them.

Tyler Warren finished TE4 and Trevor Lawrence QB4, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Warren is a tight end and Trevor Lawrence a quarterback, 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 Trevor Lawrence in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tyler Warren is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Tyler Warren for Trevor Lawrence?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Trevor Lawrence projects 172 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 10 games), Tyler Warren 104 (11.6 a game over 9 games). Tyler Warren is listed out.
Should I drop Trevor Lawrence for Tyler Warren?
No. Keep Trevor Lawrence: he projects 172 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 10 games), Tyler Warren 104 (11.6 a game over 9 games). Tyler Warren is listed out.