Eli Stowers · Oscar Delp · 2026 week 1

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 1.4 points. The matchup leans Oscar Delp (DET allow the 15th-most TE points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 1	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Eli Stowers	vs WAS	1.0	2nd · soft	–	–	Questionable
Oscar Delp START	@ DET	2.4	15th	–	–	Questionable

TEs vs WAS recently: Dallas Goedert 9.2 pts (W16) · Jake Ferguson 6.6 pts (W17) · Grant Calcaterra 8.1 pts (W18).

TEs vs DET recently: Jonnu Smith 2.8 pts (W16) · Josh Oliver 0.8 pts (W17) · Colston Loveland 15.1 pts (W18).

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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Game logs, matchup ranks and form are the 2025 season — 2026 hasn’t kicked off. Projections, schedule and trade values are current 2026 numbers, refreshed nightly.