Start Elic Ayomanor or Dyami Brown? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Elic Ayomanor over Dyami Brown in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Elic Ayomanor at 4.2 points and Dyami Brown at 3.6, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.6 fantasy points for Dyami Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dyami Brown is 13 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (7, 6 and 8 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.2 fantasy points for Elic Ayomanor, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Elic Ayomanor is 19 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (7, 5 and 13 market sources).

That puts Elic Ayomanor 0.6 points ahead of Dyami Brown on the market projections.

Week 8 matchups

Dyami Brown and WAS host PHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PHI allowed 40.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 184 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against PHI.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Dyami Brown has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dyami Brown is not on the injury report.

Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Dyami Brown played 47 percent of WAS snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Dyami Brown, Week 3 against SEA: 21 of 69 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Dyami Brown, Week 4 against IND: 36 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 65 yards.

Dyami Brown, Week 5 against NYG: 23 of 62 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Dyami Brown, Week 6 against SF: 33 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dyami Brown played 14 games for JAX and scored 49.7 PPR points, 3.6 a game, finishing WR110.

He caught 20 of 37 targets for 227 yards and 1 touchdown, with 9 red zone targets and 196 air yards.

He was on the field for 36 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Dyami Brown.
• Start Cody White over Dyami Brown.
• Start Isaac TeSlaa over Dyami Brown.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Cody White.