Start Jerry Jeudy or Tim Patrick? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 5:56 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Jerry Jeudy over Tim Patrick

Start

Jerry Jeudy

WR · CLE · at PIT

Market projects: 4.0; recent weeks avg
PIT D vs WR: 30.2; 14th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 22 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 59%; Through Week 7
Target share: 11%; Through Week 7

Sit

Tim Patrick

WR · NYJ · vs LV

Market projects: 3.2; recent weeks avg
LV D vs WR: 31.4; 16th most to WRs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 6 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 60%; Through Week 7
Target share: 7%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Tim Patrick for Jerry Jeudy?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jerry Jeudy projects 33 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (3.7 a game over 9 games), Tim Patrick 6 (0.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jerry Jeudy over Tim Patrick.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Jerry Jeudy over Tim Patrick in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Jerry Jeudy at 4.0 points and Tim Patrick at 3.2, 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 Jerry Jeudy this week yet, so his 4.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (3.5, 3.9 and 4.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Tim Patrick this week yet, so his 3.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (2.4 and 4.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Jerry Jeudy yet. His market-based projections were 3.5, 3.9 and 4.7 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 4.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Tim Patrick yet. His market-based projections were 2.4 and 4.0 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 3.2, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Jerry Jeudy 0.8 points ahead of Tim Patrick on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Jerry Jeudy and CLE visit PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PIT allowed 30.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 147 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against PIT.

Tim Patrick and NYJ host LV on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

LV allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 16th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 150 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against LV.

By points allowed to the position, Tim Patrick has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jerry Jeudy is not on the injury report.

Tim Patrick is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Jerry Jeudy played 59 percent of CLE snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 4 against PIT: 24 of 64 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 36 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 5 against NYJ: 55 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 6 against BAL: 39 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 69 yards.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 7 against TEN: 43 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 21 yards.

Through Week 7, Tim Patrick played 60 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Tim Patrick, Week 5 against CLE: 65 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards.

Tim Patrick, Week 6 against NE: 43 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 15 yards.

Tim Patrick, Week 7 against MIA: 7 of 59 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jerry Jeudy played 17 games for CLE and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 436 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Tim Patrick played 16 games for JAX and scored 51.7 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing WR107.

He caught 15 of 24 targets for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 133 air yards.

He was on the field for 31 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Tim Patrick for Jerry Jeudy?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jerry Jeudy projects 33 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (3.7 a game over 9 games), Tim Patrick 6 (0.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jerry Jeudy over Tim Patrick.
Should I drop Jerry Jeudy for Tim Patrick?
No. Keep Jerry Jeudy: he projects 33 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (3.7 a game over 9 games), Tim Patrick 6 (0.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jerry Jeudy over Tim Patrick.

Should I drop Tim Patrick?