Brock Wright · Eli Stowers · 2026 week 8

Brock Wright or Eli Stowers?

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

Start Brock Wright — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.6 points. The matchup leans Brock Wright (MIN allow the 32nd-most TE points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 8	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Brock Wright START	vs MIN	1.6	32nd · tough	2.2	–	healthy
Eli Stowers	@ WAS	1.0	2nd · soft	–	–	healthy

TEs vs MIN recently: Will Kacmarek 1.5 pts (W4) · Juwan Johnson 1.6 pts (W5) · Drew Ogletree 1.2 pts (W7).

TEs vs WAS recently: Tyler Warren 4.1 pts (W4) · Isaiah Likely 21.4 pts (W5) · George Kittle 12.9 pts (W6).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.6 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Brock Wright faces MIN, 32nd most generous to TEs.
Eli Stowers faces WAS, 2nd most generous to TEs.

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.