Start Jordan Addison or Kendrick Bourne? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Jordan Addison over Kendrick Bourne in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Jordan Addison at 8.8 points and Kendrick Bourne at 8.5, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Kendrick Bourne this week yet, so his 8.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (9.7, 7.5 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.9 fantasy points for Jordan Addison, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jordan Addison is 39 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (10, 8 and 12 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Kendrick Bourne yet. His market-based projections were 9.7, 7.5 and 8.3 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 8.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Jordan Addison 0.3 points ahead of Kendrick Bourne on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Jordan Addison 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.

Kendrick Bourne and ARI visit DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DAL allowed 35.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 10th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 163 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

By points allowed to the position, Jordan Addison has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jordan Addison is not on the injury report.

Kendrick Bourne is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Jordan Addison played 90 percent of MIN snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Jordan Addison, Week 2 against CHI: 46 of 52 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards.

Jordan Addison, Week 3 against TB: 58 of 59 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 90 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jordan Addison, Week 4 against MIA: 75 of 78 snaps, 1 carry for -1 yards, 6 targets and 4 catches for 52 yards.

Jordan Addison, Week 7 against IND: 49 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Through Week 7, Kendrick Bourne played 58 percent of ARI snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 4 against NYG: 42 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 5 against DET: 36 of 73 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 70 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 6 against LAR: 41 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 47 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 7 against DEN: 45 of 81 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 9 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jordan Addison played 14 games for MIN and scored 135.1 PPR points, 9.7 a game, finishing WR45.

He caught 42 of 79 targets for 610 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 477 air yards.

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

In 2025, Kendrick Bourne played 16 games for SF and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 386 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Jordan Addison over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Jordan Addison.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Jordan Addison.
• Start Kendrick Bourne over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Kendrick Bourne.
• Start Kendrick Bourne over Cooper Kupp.