Andrei Iosivas · Tim Patrick · 2026 week 5

Andrei Iosivas or Tim Patrick?

Wondering who you should start this week — Andrei Iosivas or Tim Patrick? The start/sit call and the numbers behind it are below, plus who wins a straight-up trade. Rebuilt nightly.

Start Andrei Iosivas — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.9 points. The matchup leans Andrei Iosivas (ATL allow the 10th-most WR points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 5	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Andrei Iosivas START	@ ATL	4.4	10th	2.5	–	IR
Tim Patrick	vs CLE	3.5	5th · soft	–	–	IR

WRs vs ATL recently: Tetairoa McMillan 10.1 pts (W2) · Matthew Golden 16 pts (W3) · Chris Olave 11.6 pts (W4).

WRs vs CLE recently: Emeka Egbuka 7.3 pts (W2) · Brycen Tremayne 8.3 pts (W3) · Roman Wilson 13.4 pts (W4).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.9 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Andrei Iosivas faces ATL, 10th most generous to WRs.
Andrei Iosivas is flagged OUT.
Tim Patrick faces CLE, 5th most generous to WRs.
Tim Patrick is flagged OUT.

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Their trade values are effectively even — a one-for-one is a fair swap on the numbers.

Open in Start/Sit (any scoring) Open in the Trade Analyzer

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All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly.