Start Jameson Williams or Terry McLaurin? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Jameson Williams over Terry McLaurin in Week 8.

Terry McLaurin is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Jameson Williams. Drafters take Jameson Williams at ADP 44 and Terry McLaurin at 47.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.9 fantasy points for Jameson Williams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jameson Williams is 52 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (12, 9 and 12 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Terry McLaurin yet. His market-based projections were 9.5 and 10.3 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 9.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Jameson Williams 1.0 points ahead of Terry McLaurin on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Jameson Williams and DET host MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 25.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 124 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIN.

Terry McLaurin 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.

By points allowed to the position, Terry McLaurin has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jameson Williams is not on the injury report.

Terry McLaurin is listed as out with a knee injury.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Jameson Williams played 89 percent of DET snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 32 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Jameson Williams, Week 3 against NYJ: 53 of 65 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 49 yards.

Jameson Williams, Week 4 against CAR: 70 of 71 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 102 yards.

Jameson Williams, Week 5 against ARI: 59 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 47 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jameson Williams, Week 7 against GB: 57 of 68 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 91 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 6, Terry McLaurin played 61 percent of WAS snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Terry McLaurin, Week 2 against DAL: 50 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 2 catches for 50 yards.

Terry McLaurin, Week 3 against SEA: 52 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 77 yards, 1 touchdown.

Terry McLaurin, Week 5 against NYG: 36 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 62 yards.

Terry McLaurin, Week 6 against SF: 7 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 27 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jameson Williams played 17 games for DET and scored 219.9 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR12.

He caught 65 of 102 targets for 1117 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 676 air yards.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Terry McLaurin played 10 games for WAS and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 489 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Jameson Williams over Carnell Tate.
• Start Jameson Williams over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Jameson Williams over Denzel Boston.
• Start Carnell Tate over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Denzel Boston over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Germie Bernard over Terry McLaurin.