Start Tre Tucker or Makai Lemon? Week 8

Updated Oct 29, 1:01 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Tre Tucker over Makai Lemon

Start

Tre Tucker

WR · LV · at NYJ

Market projects: 10.4; fantasy pts
NYJ D vs WR: 30.6; 15th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside: High; 90 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 68%; Through Week 7
Target share: 19%; Through Week 7

Sit

Makai Lemon

WR · PHI · at WAS

Market projects: 7.5; recent weeks avg
WAS D vs WR: 35.9; 6th most to WRs (2026)
Upside: High; 86 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 76%; Through Week 7
Target share: 16%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Makai Lemon for Tre Tucker?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tre Tucker projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 9 games), Makai Lemon 53 (5.9 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Tre Tucker over Makai Lemon.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Tre Tucker over Makai Lemon in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Tre Tucker at 10.4 points and Makai Lemon at 7.5, a gap of 2.9. No player market is posted for Makai Lemon this week yet, so his 7.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (7.2, 5.3 and 10.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Tre Tucker at ADP 136 and Makai Lemon at 140.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Makai Lemon yet. His market-based projections were 7.2, 5.3 and 10.0 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 7.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Makai Lemon is 0.2 touchdowns (9 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.4 fantasy points for Tre Tucker, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tre Tucker is 49 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (10, 9 and 12 market sources).

That puts Tre Tucker 2.9 points ahead of Makai Lemon on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Makai Lemon and PHI visit WAS on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

WAS allowed 35.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 158 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against WAS.

Tre Tucker and LV visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 30.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

By points allowed to the position, Makai Lemon has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Makai Lemon is not on the injury report.

Tre Tucker is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Makai Lemon played 76 percent of PHI snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Makai Lemon, Week 4 against LAR: 45 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 5 against JAX: 50 of 62 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 43 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 6 against CAR: 52 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 7 against DAL: 60 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 67 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Tre Tucker played 68 percent of LV snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Tre Tucker, Week 4 against KC: 56 of 84 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 44 yards.

Tre Tucker, Week 5 against NE: 45 of 60 snaps, 2 carries for -6 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 41 yards.

Tre Tucker, Week 6 against BUF: 46 of 66 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 97 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Tre Tucker, Week 7 against LAR: 56 of 68 snaps, 12 targets and 5 catches for 103 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tre Tucker played 17 games for LV and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 405 air yards.

He was on the field for 95 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 Makai Lemon for Tre Tucker?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tre Tucker projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 9 games), Makai Lemon 53 (5.9 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Tre Tucker over Makai Lemon.
Should I drop Tre Tucker for Makai Lemon?
No. Keep Tre Tucker: he projects 82 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.1 a game over 9 games), Makai Lemon 53 (5.9 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Tre Tucker over Makai Lemon.