Start Jahan Dotson or Laquon Treadwell? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Jahan Dotson over Laquon Treadwell in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Jahan Dotson at 5.5 points and Laquon Treadwell at 5.0, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jahan Dotson this week yet, so his 5.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (4.7, 5.3 and 6.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Laquon Treadwell this week yet, so his 5.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (4.0, 6.5 and 4.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Jahan Dotson yet. His market-based projections were 4.7, 5.3 and 6.7 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 5.6, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Laquon Treadwell yet. His market-based projections were 4.0, 6.5 and 4.4 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 5.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Jahan Dotson 0.6 points ahead of Laquon Treadwell on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Jahan Dotson 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.

Laquon Treadwell and IND visit JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

JAX allowed 38.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 4th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 210 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against JAX.

By points allowed to the position, Laquon Treadwell has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jahan Dotson is not on the injury report.

Laquon Treadwell is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Jahan Dotson played 67 percent of ATL snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Jahan Dotson, Week 4 against NO: 36 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 54 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jahan Dotson, Week 5 against BAL: 42 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 54 yards.

Jahan Dotson, Week 6 against CHI: 47 of 55 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 87 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jahan Dotson, Week 7 against SF: 38 of 69 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Through Week 7, Laquon Treadwell played 76 percent of IND snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 4 against WAS: 56 of 66 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 42 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 5 against PIT: 57 of 71 snaps, 8 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 6 against TEN: 77 of 83 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 7 against MIN: 45 of 58 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jahan Dotson played 17 games for PHI and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets and 212 air yards.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Laquon Treadwell played 10 games for IND.

He caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 0 air yards.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Jahan Dotson over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Cooper Kupp over Jahan Dotson.
• Start Darius Cooper over Jahan Dotson.
• Start Laquon Treadwell over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Cooper Kupp over Laquon Treadwell.
• Start Laquon Treadwell over Efton Chism III.