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

THE FF CALL

Slight lean: Will Mallory

+0.7 projected edge · Half-PPR

Start Will Mallory over Riley Nowakowski for Week 8 Half-PPR: 0.8 projected points versus 0.1.

Will Mallory: 1.5 FP recent scoring average.

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

FF PICK

Will Mallory

TE · INDStats & schedule

0.8FF projected

↓ -0.4 vs ESPN

at JAC

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?

Will Mallory

Fortified0.8

ESPN1.1

Sleeper0.3

Will Mallory faces JAC in Week 8. Recent scoring average: 1.5 fantasy points.

Riley Nowakowski

Fortified0.1

Sleeper0.1

Riley Nowakowski faces CLE in Week 8.

Will Mallory projects for 0.8 points in half-PPR scoring, 0.7 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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