Noah Gray · Will Kacmarek · 2026 week 1

Noah Gray or Will Kacmarek?

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

Start Noah Gray — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.3 points. The matchup leans Noah Gray (DEN allow the 17th-most TE points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 1	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Noah Gray START	vs DEN	4.3	17th	3.2	–	healthy
Will Kacmarek	@ LV	4.0	30th · tough	–	–	healthy

TEs vs DEN recently: Brenton Strange 9.9 pts (W16) · Travis Kelce 3.6 pts (W17) · Oronde Gadsden 2.3 pts (W18).

TEs vs LV recently: Dalton Schultz 9.5 pts (W16) · Daniel Bellinger 1.1 pts (W17) · Noah Gray 3 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.