Eli Stowers · Luke Musgrave · 2026 week 8

Eli Stowers or Luke Musgrave?

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

Start Luke Musgrave — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.3 points. The matchup leans Luke Musgrave (LAR allow the 29th-most TE points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 8	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Eli Stowers	@ WAS	1.0	2nd · soft	–	–	healthy
Luke Musgrave START	@ LAR	1.3	29th · tough	–	–	PUP

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

TEs vs LAR recently: Dalton Kincaid 2.7 pts (W5) · Trey McBride 5.3 pts (W6) · Brock Bowers 7.3 pts (W7).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.3 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Eli Stowers faces WAS, 2nd most generous to TEs.
Luke Musgrave faces LAR, 29th most generous to TEs.
Luke Musgrave 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.