Start Justin Jefferson or Drake London? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Drake London over Justin Jefferson in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Drake London at 18.0 points and Justin Jefferson at 15.8, a gap of 2.2. 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. Drafters take Drake London at ADP 13 and Justin Jefferson at 14.

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 15.8 fantasy points for Justin Jefferson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Justin Jefferson is 75 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (10, 8 and 12 market sources).

That puts Drake London 2.2 points ahead of Justin Jefferson 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.

Justin Jefferson and MIN visit DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DET allowed 39.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 187 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DET.

By points allowed to the position, Justin Jefferson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Drake London is listed as questionable with a head injury.

Justin Jefferson is not on the injury report.

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, Justin Jefferson played 77 percent of MIN snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Justin Jefferson, Week 2 against CHI: 52 of 52 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 55 yards.

Justin Jefferson, Week 3 against TB: 7 of 59 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Justin Jefferson, Week 5 against NO: 63 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for -11 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 79 yards, 1 touchdown.

Justin Jefferson, Week 7 against IND: 55 of 59 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 44 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, Justin Jefferson played 17 games for MIN and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 597 air yards.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

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