Eli Stowers · Oscar Delp · 2026 week 8

Eli Stowers or Oscar Delp?

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

Start Oscar Delp — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.5 points. The matchup leans Oscar Delp (CLE allow the 17th-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
Oscar Delp START	vs CLE	1.5	17th	2.3	–	healthy

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

TEs vs CLE recently: Mason Taylor 2.4 pts (W5) · Josh Cuevas 10.4 pts (W6) · Gunnar Helm 2.4 pts (W7).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.5 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Eli Stowers faces WAS, 2nd most generous to TEs.
Oscar Delp faces CLE, 17th 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.