Harrison Butker · Nick Folk · 2026 week 8

Harrison Butker or Nick Folk?

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

Start Harrison Butker — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.1 points. The matchup leans Harrison Butker (DEN allow the 16th-most K points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 8	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Harrison Butker START	@ DEN	7.6	16th	6.7	–	healthy
Nick Folk	@ TB	7.5	1st · soft	7.7	–	healthy

Ks vs DEN recently: Cameron Dicker 6 pts (W5) · Jason Myers 7 pts (W6) · Chad Ryland 11 pts (W7).

Ks vs TB recently: Trey Smack 7 pts (W4) · Brandon Aubrey 5 pts (W5) · Chris Boswell 17 pts (W6).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.1 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Nick Folk has the higher floor (3.4) — the safer start if you are favoured.
Harrison Butker has the higher ceiling (13.4) — the play if you need points.
Nick Folk is steady — about 12% less volatile week to week than a typical K projected here — higher floor, lower ceiling.
Harrison Butker faces DEN, 16th most generous to Ks.
Nick Folk faces TB, 1st 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.