Start Elic Ayomanor or Cody White? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Elic Ayomanor over Cody White in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Elic Ayomanor at 4.0 points and Cody White at 3.9, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Elic Ayomanor this week yet, so his 4.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (3.8, 4.0 and 4.2); 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 Elic Ayomanor yet. His market-based projections were 3.8, 4.0 and 4.2 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 4.0, 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 Elic Ayomanor 0.1 points ahead of Cody White on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Elic Ayomanor and TEN visit CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 15th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 138 yards and a touchdown a game against CIN.

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, Elic Ayomanor has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.

Cody White is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Elic Ayomanor played 65 percent of TEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 4 against BAL: 40 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 5 against HOU: 33 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 6 against IND: 28 of 46 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 7 against CLE: 56 of 63 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 44 yards.

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, Elic Ayomanor played 16 games for TEN and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 400 air yards.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Efton Chism III over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Jalen Nailor over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Cody White.
• Start Efton Chism III over Cody White.
• Start Cody White over Jauan Jennings.