Start Amon-Ra St. Brown or Drake London? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Drake London in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Amon-Ra St. Brown at 17.9 points and Drake London at 18.0, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Amon-Ra St. Brown still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 7 against 13, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Drake London this week yet, so his 18.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (18.0, 18.9 and 17.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Drake London yet. His market-based projections were 18.0, 18.9 and 17.1 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 18.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Drake London is 0.6 touchdowns (7 market sources).

Player markets imply 17.9 fantasy points for Amon-Ra St. Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Amon-Ra St. Brown is 79 receiving yards, 6-7 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (10, 8 and 12 market sources).

That puts Drake London 0.1 points ahead of Amon-Ra St. Brown on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Drake London and ATL visit TB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TB allowed 29.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 135 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against TB.

Amon-Ra St. Brown and DET host MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 25.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 124 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIN.

By points allowed to the position, Drake London has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Drake London is listed as questionable with a head injury.

Amon-Ra St. Brown is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Drake London played 88 percent of ATL snaps, drew 29 percent of the targets, earned 43 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Drake London, Week 4 against NO: 51 of 57 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 96 yards.

Drake London, Week 5 against BAL: 63 of 64 snaps, 11 targets and 7 catches for 118 yards.

Drake London, Week 6 against CHI: 55 of 55 snaps, 10 targets and 4 catches for 62 yards.

Drake London, Week 7 against SF: 55 of 69 snaps, 10 targets and 7 catches for 66 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Amon-Ra St. Brown played 87 percent of DET snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 3 against NYJ: 48 of 65 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 4 against CAR: 68 of 71 snaps, 11 targets and 8 catches for 75 yards.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 5 against ARI: 57 of 66 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 69 yards.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 7 against GB: 53 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for -1 yards, 11 targets and 9 catches for 153 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Drake London played 12 games for ATL and scored 201.9 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR19.

He caught 68 of 112 targets for 919 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 690 air yards.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games for DET and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets and 831 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start CeeDee Lamb over Drake London.
• Start Drake London over Christian Watson.
• Start Drake London over Garrett Wilson.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over CeeDee Lamb.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Christian Watson.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Garrett Wilson.