Should I start Will Mallory or Zaire Mitchell-Paden this week? Week 8 Half-PPR (2026)

THE FF CALL

Slight lean: Will Mallory

+0.8 projected edge · Half-PPR

Start Will Mallory over Zaire Mitchell-Paden for Week 8 Half-PPR: 0.8 projected points versus 0.0.

Will Mallory: 1.5 FP recent scoring average.
Zaire Mitchell-Paden: BYE.

Forecast updated Oct 28, 2026, 2:24 AM ET · Half-PPR

FF PICK

Will Mallory

TE · INDStats & schedule

0.8FF projected

↓ -0.4 vs ESPN

at JAC

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THE ALTERNATIVE

Zaire Mitchell-Paden

TE · HOUStats & schedule

0.0FF projected

BYE

Check bye / schedule

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.

Zaire Mitchell-Paden

Fortified0.0

Sleeper0.0

BYE

Zaire Mitchell-Paden is on bye in Week 8 and projects for 0.0 FP. Will Mallory has a scheduled game and projects for 0.8 FP. Confirm his availability before kickoff. FantasyPros projections are temporarily unavailable; they are excluded from this comparison.

Updated Oct 28, 2026, 2:24 AM ET. Projections can change before kickoff.

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