Should I start MIA D/ST or TEN D/ST this week? Week 8 Half-PPR (2026)

THE FF CALL

Slight lean: TEN D/ST

+0.5 projected edge · Half-PPR

Start TEN D/ST over MIA D/ST for Week 8 Half-PPR: 3.4 projected points versus 2.9.

MIA D/ST: 2.0 FP recent scoring average.
TEN D/ST: 7.0 FP recent scoring average.

Forecast updated Oct 28, 2026, 2:44 AM ET · Half-PPR

FF PICK

TEN D/ST

DST · TENStats & schedule

3.4FF projected

↑ +0.3 vs ESPN

at CIN

Sun 1:00 PM ET

THE ALTERNATIVE

MIA D/ST

DST · MIAStats & schedule

2.9FF projected

vs NE

Sun 4:25 PM ET

Why this pick?

TEN D/ST

Fortified3.4

ESPN3.1

Sleeper1.7

TEN D/ST faces CIN in Week 8. Recent scoring average: 7.0 fantasy points.

MIA D/ST

Fortified2.9

Sleeper2.9

MIA D/ST faces NE in Week 8. Recent scoring average: 2.0 fantasy points.

TEN D/ST projects for 3.4 points in half-PPR scoring, 0.5 more than MIA D/ST. The gap is small; late injury news or your league’s scoring can change the choice. FantasyPros projections are temporarily unavailable; they are excluded from this comparison.

Updated Oct 28, 2026, 2:44 AM ET. Projections can change before kickoff.

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