Nick Folk · Tyler Loop · 2026 week 8
Nick Folk or Tyler Loop?
Wondering who you should start this week — Nick Folk or Tyler Loop? The start/sit call and the numbers behind it are below, plus who wins a straight-up trade. Rebuilt nightly.
Start Tyler Loop — barely This one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.3 points. The matchup leans Tyler Loop (BUF allow the 24th-most K points), but you can defend either call.
Player Wk 8 Proj (PPR) Matchup Form L3 Trade value Status
Nick Folk @ TB
7.5 1st · soft 7.7
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healthy Tyler Loop START @ BUF
7.8 24th 8
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healthy
Ks vs TB recently: Trey Smack 7 pts (W4) · Brandon Aubrey 5 pts (W5) · Chris Boswell 17 pts (W6).
Ks vs BUF recently: Andy Borregales 3 pts (W4) · Harrison Mevis 2 pts (W5) · Matt Gay 12 pts (W6).
🎓 The coach's read
Projections are 0.3 apart — too close to call on projection alone. Nick Folk has the higher floor (3.4) — the safer start if you are favoured. Tyler Loop has the higher ceiling (13.6) — 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. Nick Folk faces TB, 1st most generous to Ks. Tyler Loop faces BUF, 24th most generous to Ks. 🔔 Ping me if Nick Folk or Tyler Loop is ruled out
Who wins a straight-up trade?
Their trade values are effectively even — a one-for-one is a fair swap on the numbers.
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All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly.