Should I start Tyler Warren or Will Mallory in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Warren, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Will Mallory, and the board ranks him 155th 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 Will Mallory is 1.2 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.

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, Will Mallory has been on the field for 52 percent of IND snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 2 of 6 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Will Mallory played 2 games and scored 2.6 PPR points, 1.3 a game, finishing TE113.

He caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0-1 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 16.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 13 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Warren was available for 15 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyler Warren scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Will Mallory 1.3, 9.8 a game between them.

Tyler Warren finished TE4 that year and Will Mallory TE113.

Tyler Warren had 111 more targets than Will Mallory, 112 to 1.

Tyler Warren had 801 more receiving yards than Will Mallory, 817 to 16.

This season Tyler Warren holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 52 percent.

This season Tyler Warren holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Tyler Warren is listed as out on the injury report.