Should I start Spencer Shrader or Trey Smack this week? Week 8 Half-PPR (2026)

THE FF CALL

Slight lean: Spencer Shrader

+0.5 projected edge · Half-PPR

Start Spencer Shrader over Trey Smack for Week 8 Half-PPR: 8.9 projected points versus 8.4.

Spencer Shrader: 11.0 FP recent scoring average.

Forecast updated Oct 27, 2026, 11:30 PM ET · Half-PPR

FF PICK

Spencer Shrader

K · INDStats & schedule

8.9FF projected

↓ -1.3 vs ESPN

at JAC

Sun 1:00 PM ET

THE ALTERNATIVE

Trey Smack

K · GBStats & schedule

8.4FF projected

↓ -0.6 vs ESPN

vs CAR

Thu 8:15 PM ET

Why this pick?

Spencer Shrader

Fortified8.9

ESPN10.2

Sleeper9.1

FantasyPros7.7

Spencer Shrader faces JAC in Week 8. Recent scoring average: 11.0 fantasy points.

Trey Smack

Fortified8.4

ESPN9.0

Sleeper8.7

FantasyPros7.8

Trey Smack faces CAR in Week 8.

Spencer Shrader projects for 8.9 points in half-PPR scoring, 0.5 more than Trey Smack. The gap is small; late injury news or your league’s scoring can change the choice. FantasyPros refresh is rate-limited. Same-week cached projections are used (under one hour old; oldest update Oct 27, 2026, 11:10 PM ET).

Updated Oct 27, 2026, 11:30 PM ET. Projections can change before kickoff.

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