Start Brian Thomas Jr. or Cody White? Week 8
Updated Oct 27, 2:06 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Cody White
- Market projects
- 4.7
- recent weeks avg
- IND D vs WR
- 29.0
- 8th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Market projects
- 3.9
- recent weeks avg
- NYJ D vs WR
- 30.6
- 15th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 32%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 7%
- Through Week 7
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Our Week 8 call
Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Cody White in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Brian Thomas Jr. at 4.7 points and Cody White at 3.9, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Brian Thomas Jr. this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (5.1 and 4.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Cody White this week yet, so his 3.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (5.0, 3.6 and 3.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 8 player market is posted for Brian Thomas Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 5.1 and 4.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
No Week 8 player market is posted for Cody White yet. His market-based projections were 5.0, 3.6 and 3.2 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 3.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
That puts Brian Thomas Jr. 0.8 points ahead of Cody White on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
Brian Thomas Jr. and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
IND allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 142 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND.
Cody White and LV visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
NYJ allowed 30.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 15th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against NYJ.
By points allowed to the position, Cody White has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.
Cody White is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
Through Week 7, Cody White played 32 percent of LV snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
Cody White, Week 4 against KC: 52 of 84 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 36 yards.
Cody White, Week 5 against NE: 37 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 44 yards.
Cody White, Week 6 against BUF: 14 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Cody White, Week 7 against LAR: 17 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Brian Thomas Jr. played 14 games for JAX and scored 138.8 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing WR42.
He caught 48 of 91 targets for 707 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 548 air yards.
He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Brian Thomas Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against TEN: 5 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards, 7.9 PPR points.
Brian Thomas Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against IND: 54 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 39 yards, 7.9 PPR points.
Brian Thomas Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against DEN: 51 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 3.8 PPR points.
In 2025, Cody White played 10 games for SEA and scored 18.0 PPR points, 1.8 a game.
He caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets and 32 air yards.
He was on the field for 27 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 8 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 8 on the board
- Is Brian Thomas Jr. playing Week 8?
- Is Cody White playing Week 8?
- Jaguars depth chart
- Raiders depth chart
- Week 8 WR rankings
- Week 8 fantasy rankings
- Week 8 start or sit
- Week 8 waiver wire
- Week 8 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 8
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 8 kicker rankings
- Week 8 defense rankings