Should I start Riley Nowakowski or Tim Patrick this week? Week 8 Half-PPR (2026)

THE FF CALL

Slight lean: Tim Patrick

+0.6 projected edge · Half-PPR

Start Tim Patrick over Riley Nowakowski for Week 8 Half-PPR: 0.7 projected points versus 0.1.

Tim Patrick: 1.9 FP recent scoring average.

Forecast updated Oct 28, 2026, 2:19 AM ET · Half-PPR

FF PICK

Tim Patrick

WR · NYJStats & schedule

0.7FF projected

↑ +0.2 vs ESPN

vs LV

Sun 1:00 PM ET

THE ALTERNATIVE

Riley Nowakowski

RB · PITStats & schedule

0.1FF projected

vs CLE

Sun 1:00 PM ET

Why this pick?

Tim Patrick

Fortified0.7

ESPN0.5

Sleeper1.0

Tim Patrick faces LV in Week 8. Recent scoring average: 1.9 fantasy points.

Riley Nowakowski

Fortified0.1

Sleeper0.1

Riley Nowakowski faces CLE in Week 8.

Tim Patrick projects for 0.7 points in half-PPR scoring, 0.6 more than Riley Nowakowski. 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, 2:19 AM ET. Projections can change before kickoff.

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