Start Joshua Palmer or Cody White? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Cody White over Joshua Palmer in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Cody White at 3.9 points and Joshua Palmer at 3.4, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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 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.

The market-based projection for Cody White is 0.1 touchdowns (10 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.4 fantasy points for Joshua Palmer, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Joshua Palmer is 12 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (8, 8 and 12 market sources).

That puts Cody White 0.5 points ahead of Joshua Palmer on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

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.

Joshua Palmer and BUF host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 35.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 182 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against BAL.

By points allowed to the position, Joshua Palmer has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Cody White is not on the injury report.

Joshua Palmer 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.

Through Week 6, Joshua Palmer played 37 percent of BUF snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 19 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Joshua Palmer, Week 2 against DET: 28 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 43 yards, 1 touchdown.

Joshua Palmer, Week 3 against LAC: 21 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Joshua Palmer, Week 4 against NE: 35 of 59 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Joshua Palmer, Week 6 against LV: 17 of 68 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 37 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Joshua Palmer played 12 games for BUF and scored 52.3 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing WR105.

He caught 22 of 37 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 249 air yards.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Cody White.
• Start Cody White over Dyami Brown.
• Start Efton Chism III over Cody White.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Joshua Palmer.
• Start Efton Chism III over Joshua Palmer.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Joshua Palmer.