Cairo Santos · Dominic Zvada · 2026 week 4

Cairo Santos or Dominic Zvada?

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

Start Cairo Santos — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.4 points. The matchup leans Cairo Santos (NYJ allow the 22nd-most K points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 4	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Cairo Santos START	vs NYJ	8.0	22nd	8.7	–	healthy
Dominic Zvada	vs ARI	7.6	29th · tough	8	–	healthy

Ks vs NYJ recently: Joey Slye 5 pts (W1) · Trey Smack 8 pts (W2) · Jake Bates 7 pts (W3).

Ks vs ARI recently: Cameron Dicker 2 pts (W1) · Jason Myers 7 pts (W2) · Eddy Pineiro 6 pts (W3).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.4 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Cairo Santos has the higher floor (3.4) — the safer start if you are favoured.
Dominic Zvada has the higher ceiling (13.3) — the play if you need points.
Cairo Santos faces NYJ, 22nd most generous to Ks.
Dominic Zvada faces ARI, 29th most generous to Ks.

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.