WAS · Questionable — Shoulder — Week 8 vs PHI, who allow the 25th-most points to TEs — recently Tommy Tremble put up 16.6 on them (W6), Brevyn Spann-Ford put up 1.1 on them (W7).
John Bates projects 1.8 PPR points in week 8 vs PHI — the 25th-ranked matchup for TEs, averaging 1.5 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 PHI: 247.9 passing yards a game allowed (7.11/attempt) · 1.6 TDs/gm through the air · 0.4 INTs/gm — all of it adding up to the 25th-most fantasy points allowed to TEs. Receipts and the full profile: how PHI defends TEs, linked under The matchup below.
What Vegas expects (week 8): 0.5 receiving yards · 6% anytime-TD — de-vigged sportsbook consensus, shown for information; we take no bets.
Usage & TD luck (2026 · 4 games): 43% offensive snaps · 1.5 targets/game, 5.2% target share · 0.8% air-yard share (aDOT 1.5) · 1.3 catches for 6.8 yards/game, 0 TD. 2025 baseline (10 games): 51.4% offensive snaps, 1.6 targets/game, 6.8% target share, 2.9% air-yard share (aDOT 3), 1.1 catches for 10.3 yards/game, 1 TD. (2026) TD luck: 0 scored vs 0.3 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 | vs PHI | Sun, Nov 1 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 25th · tough |
| W9 | vs LAR | Sun, Nov 8 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 29th · tough |
| W10 | @ NYG | Thu, Nov 12 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 21st |
| W11 | vs CIN | Mon, Nov 23 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 14th |
| W12 | @ ARI | Sun, Nov 29 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 6th · soft |
| W13 | @ TEN | Sun, Dec 6 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 24th |
| Wk | Opp | Std | ½ PPR | PPR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W6 | SF | 1/1 rec, 4 yd | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| W5 | NYG | 1/1 rec, 1 yd | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| W3 | SEA | 1/1 rec, 9 yd | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| W1 | PHI | 2/3 rec, 13 yd | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 |