Daniel Carlson · Trey Smack · 2026 week 8

Daniel Carlson or Trey Smack?

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

Start Trey Smack — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.5 points. The matchup leans Trey Smack (CAR allow the 9th-most K points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 8	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Daniel Carlson	vs CLE	8.2	14th	7	–	healthy
Trey Smack START	vs CAR	8.7	9th	6	–	healthy

Ks vs CLE recently: Jason Sanders 7 pts (W5) · Tyler Loop 3 pts (W6) · Joey Slye 6 pts (W7).

Ks vs CAR recently: Jake Bates 18 pts (W4) · Jake Elliott 2 pts (W6) · Chase McLaughlin 12 pts (W7).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.5 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Daniel Carlson faces CLE, 14th most generous to Ks.
Trey Smack faces CAR, 9th 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

More K decisions

Daniel Carlson or Tyler Loop?Daniel Carlson or Dominic Zvada?Daniel Carlson or Chris Boswell?Trey Smack or Eddy Pineiro?Trey Smack or Chase McLaughlin?

All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly.