Start Jauan Jennings or Tory Horton? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Jauan Jennings over Tory Horton in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Jauan Jennings at 3.5 points and Tory Horton at 2.7, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jauan Jennings this week yet, so his 3.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 7 (4.8 and 2.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Tory Horton this week yet, so his 2.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (3.1, 1.4 and 3.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Jauan Jennings yet. His market-based projections were 4.9 and 2.1 points in Weeks 5 and 7, an average of 3.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Jauan Jennings is 0.1 touchdowns (12 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Tory Horton yet. His market-based projections were 3.2, 1.4 and 3.4 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 2.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Tory Horton is 0.2 touchdowns (8 market sources).

That puts Jauan Jennings 0.8 points ahead of Tory Horton on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Jauan Jennings 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.

Tory Horton and SEA host CHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 29.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 149 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against CHI.

By points allowed to the position, Jauan Jennings has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jauan Jennings is not on the injury report.

Tory Horton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Jauan Jennings played 70 percent of MIN snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Jauan Jennings, Week 3 against TB: 47 of 59 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 1 yards.

Jauan Jennings, Week 4 against MIA: 74 of 78 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Jauan Jennings, Week 5 against NO: 49 of 71 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jauan Jennings, Week 7 against IND: 33 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards.

Through Week 7, Tory Horton played 31 percent of SEA snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Tory Horton, Week 4 against LAC: 10 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tory Horton, Week 5 against SF: 11 of 63 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tory Horton, Week 6 against DEN: 39 of 85 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Tory Horton, Week 7 against KC: 31 of 69 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jauan Jennings played 15 games for SF and scored 173.3 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing WR33.

He caught 55 of 90 targets for 643 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets and 462 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Tory Horton played 8 games for SEA and scored 65.1 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing WR96.

He caught 13 of 22 targets for 161 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 128 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Cody White over Jauan Jennings.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Jauan Jennings.
• Start Jerry Jeudy over Jauan Jennings.
• Start Cody White over Tory Horton.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Tory Horton.
• Start Konata Mumpfield over Tory Horton.