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: 61.50 points across 5 observed 2026 games; prior rate 9.35, prior-equivalent games k=2, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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2Trey McBride TE ARI
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 71.20 points across 7 observed 2026 games; prior rate 11.17, prior-equivalent games k=2, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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3Sam LaPorta TE DET
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 51.40 points across 6 observed 2026 games; prior rate 7.43, prior-equivalent games k=2, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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4Mike Gesicki TE CIN
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 46.50 points across 5 observed 2026 games; prior rate 3.56, prior-equivalent games k=2, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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5Tyler Warren TE IND availability_unverified: Out
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 39.90 points across 5 observed 2026 games; prior rate 6.62, prior-equivalent games k=2, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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6Travis Kelce TE KC
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 46.30 points across 6 observed 2026 games; prior rate 6.89, prior-equivalent games k=2, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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7Dallas Goedert TE PHI
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 34.80 points across 5 observed 2026 games; prior rate 8.34, prior-equivalent games k=2, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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8Tucker Kraft TE GB
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 42.20 points across 7 observed 2026 games; prior rate 10.65, prior-equivalent games k=2, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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9Darren Waller TE CAR
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 37.80 points across 6 observed 2026 games; prior rate 7.19, prior-equivalent games k=2, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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10Dalton Kincaid TE BUF availability_unverified: Questionable
Experimental inseason_observed_ppg_shrinkage_v1: 37.50 points across 6 observed 2026 games; prior rate 7.26, prior-equivalent games k=2, chosen on 2016-2024. No matchup or unconfirmed absence adjustment.
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