MIN — Week 8 at DET, who allow the 1st-most points to TEs — recently Teagan Quitoriano put up 13.5 on them (W5), Tucker Kraft put up 10.8 on them (W7).
Ben Yurosek projects 0.2 PPR points in week 8 at DET — the 1st-ranked matchup for TEs, averaging 2 over his last three. Start him if that clears your other options at TE — run the exact head-to-head in Start/Sit below, or jump straight to a comparison.
The week 8 angle vs DET: 313.5 passing yards a game allowed (7.29/attempt) · 2.7 TDs/gm through the air · 0.7 INTs/gm — all of it adding up to the 1st-most fantasy points allowed to TEs. Receipts and the full profile: how DET defends TEs, linked under The matchup below.
What Vegas expects (week 8): 5% anytime-TD — de-vigged sportsbook consensus, shown for information; we take no bets.
Usage & TD luck (2026 · 1 game): 53% offensive snaps · 1 targets/game, 3.4% target share · 3% air-yard share (aDOT 5) · 1 catches for 10 yards/game, 0 TD. 2025 baseline (6 games): 16.6% offensive snaps, 0.5 targets/game, 1.7% target share, 1.3% air-yard share (aDOT 3.7), 0.3 catches for 2.3 yards/game, 0 TD. (2025) TD luck: 0 scored vs 0 expected — neutral. Usage moves before production — snaps and share shifts are the earliest real signal.
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| Wk | Opp | Std | ½ PPR | PPR | Matchup | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W8 | @ DET | Sun, Nov 1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1st · soft |
| W9 | vs BUF | Mon, Nov 9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 8th · soft |
| W10 | @ GB | Sun, Nov 15 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 31st · tough |
| W11 | @ SF | Sun, Nov 22 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 26th · tough |
| W12 | vs ATL | Sun, Nov 29 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 12th |
| W13 | vs CAR | Sun, Dec 6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 13th |
| Wk | Opp | Std | ½ PPR | PPR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W5 | NO | 1/1 rec, 10 yd | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 |