Nicholas Singleton · Tahj Brooks · 2026 week 8

Nicholas Singleton or Tahj Brooks?

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

Start Tahj Brooks — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.5 points. The matchup leans Tahj Brooks (TEN allow the 12th-most RB points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 8	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Nicholas Singleton	@ CIN	0.2	29th · tough	0.6	–	healthy
Tahj Brooks START	vs TEN	0.7	12th	0.6	–	healthy

RBs vs CIN recently: Chris Rodriguez Jr. 9.5 pts (W4) · Ollie Gordon II 14.8 pts (W5) · Derrick Henry 4.9 pts (W7).

RBs vs TEN recently: Woody Marks 8.5 pts (W5) · Jonathan Taylor 19.1 pts (W6) · Quinshon Judkins 22.4 pts (W7).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.5 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Nicholas Singleton faces CIN, 29th most generous to RBs.
Tahj Brooks faces TEN, 12th most generous to RBs.

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.