Jadarian Price · Seth McGowan · 2026 week 8

Jadarian Price or Seth McGowan?

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

Start Jadarian Price — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.1 points. The matchup leans Jadarian Price (CHI allow the 24th-most RB points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 8	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Jadarian Price START	vs CHI	4.4	24th	4.7	830	IR
Seth McGowan	@ JAX	4.3	32nd · tough	3.8	341	healthy

RBs vs CHI recently: MarShawn Lloyd 15.7 pts (W5) · Bijan Robinson 5.3 pts (W6) · Rhamondre Stevenson 17.5 pts (W7).

RBs vs JAX recently: Chase Brown 8.1 pts (W4) · Will Shipley 7.3 pts (W5) · Jawhar Jordan 11 pts (W6).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.1 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Jadarian Price has the higher ceiling (10.3) — the play if you need points.
Jadarian Price faces CHI, 24th most generous to RBs.
Jadarian Price is flagged OUT.
Seth McGowan faces JAX, 32nd most generous to RBs.

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Jadarian Price carries the higher trade value — 830 against 341 (a 59% gap). In a one-for-one, the side receiving Jadarian Price gets the most. Momentum: Jadarian Price -95 and Seth McGowan +341 over the last 30 days.

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All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly.