Should I start Nick Vannett or Riley Nowakowski this week? Week 8 PPR (2026)

THE FF CALL

Slight lean: Nick Vannett

+0.6 projected edge · PPR

Start Nick Vannett over Riley Nowakowski for Week 8 PPR: 0.7 projected points versus 0.1.

Nick Vannett: 0.0 FP recent scoring average.

Forecast updated Oct 28, 2026, 1:41 AM ET · PPR

FF PICK

Nick Vannett

TE · BALStats & schedule

0.7FF projected

at BUF

Sun 1:00 PM ET

THE ALTERNATIVE

Riley Nowakowski

TE · PITStats & schedule

0.1FF projected

vs CLE

Sun 1:00 PM ET

Why this pick?

Nick Vannett

Fortified0.7

Sleeper0.6

FantasyPros0.8

Nick Vannett faces BUF in Week 8. Recent scoring average: 0.0 fantasy points.

Riley Nowakowski

Fortified0.1

FantasyPros0.1

Riley Nowakowski faces CLE in Week 8.

Nick Vannett projects for 0.7 points in 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 refresh is rate-limited. Same-week cached projections are used (under one hour old; oldest update Oct 28, 2026, 1:07 AM ET).

Updated Oct 28, 2026, 1:41 AM ET. Projections can change before kickoff.

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