Start Amon-Ra St. Brown or George Pickens? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over George Pickens in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Amon-Ra St. Brown at 17.9 points and George Pickens at 15.4, a gap of 2.5. No player market is posted for George Pickens this week yet, so his 15.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (17.4, 15.4 and 13.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Amon-Ra St. Brown at ADP 7 and George Pickens at 19.

What the market projects

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).

No Week 8 player market is posted for George Pickens yet. His market-based projections were 17.4, 15.4 and 13.6 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 15.4, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for George Pickens is 0.6 touchdowns (5 market sources).

That puts Amon-Ra St. Brown 2.5 points ahead of George Pickens on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

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.

George Pickens and DAL host ARI on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ARI allowed 33.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 12th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 153 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against ARI.

By points allowed to the position, George Pickens has the softer matchup.

Injury status

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

George Pickens is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

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.

Through Week 7, George Pickens played 82 percent of DAL snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 30 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

George Pickens, Week 4 against HOU: 67 of 78 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 75 yards.

George Pickens, Week 5 against TB: 53 of 60 snaps, 13 targets and 9 catches for 130 yards, 1 touchdown.

George Pickens, Week 6 against GB: 69 of 78 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 73 yards.

George Pickens, Week 7 against PHI: 41 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 57 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, George Pickens played 17 games for DAL and scored 291.9 PPR points, 17.2 a game, finishing WR5.

He caught 93 of 137 targets for 1429 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets and 950 air yards.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over CeeDee Lamb.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Christian Watson.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Drake London.
• Start George Pickens over A.J. Brown.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over George Pickens.
• Start George Pickens over Christian Watson.