2026 Fantasy Football Rankings
Player Ranks
Week 8 projections. Choose your scoring and position below.
Experimental baseline. No validated matchup or availability model.
Data through Week 7. Cutoff: 2026 regular season through Week 7, available source games only.
Data coverage and model limits (4 notes)
Experimental per-appearance production baseline; no validated matchup, depth-chart or availability model.
Historical evaluation conditions on observed future appearances; it does not validate injury or playing-time forecasts.
Overall ordering is projected points, not positional scarcity or replacement value.
GNG excludes ambiguous special-teams player-seasons from calibration; 31 current players remain unavailable pending scoring reconciliation.
How these ranks are built
These projections combine the published model baseline with available current-season evidence. Read each player rationale for the inputs and limitations.
Model: inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1. Projected points cover the selected week only. The draft baseline remains a separate board.
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1Brock Bowers TE LV
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 78.50 points across 5 observed 2026 games; prior rate 12.02, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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2Trey McBride TE ARI
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 100.70 points across 7 observed 2026 games; prior rate 14.88, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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3Sam LaPorta TE DET
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 65.40 points across 6 observed 2026 games; prior rate 9.66, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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4Tyler Warren TE IND availability_unverified: Out
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 54.90 points across 5 observed 2026 games; prior rate 8.85, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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5Travis Kelce TE KC
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 58.30 points across 6 observed 2026 games; prior rate 9.13, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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6Mike Gesicki TE CIN
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 53.00 points across 5 observed 2026 games; prior rate 4.73, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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7Dallas Goedert TE PHI
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 45.80 points across 5 observed 2026 games; prior rate 10.34, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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8Tucker Kraft TE GB
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 56.70 points across 7 observed 2026 games; prior rate 12.65, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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9Dalton Kincaid TE BUF availability_unverified: Questionable
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 49.00 points across 6 observed 2026 games; prior rate 8.88, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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10Harold Fannin Jr. TE CLE
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 54.20 points across 7 observed 2026 games; prior rate 9.40, prior-equivalent games k=1, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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