Should I start Tanner Koziol or Zaire Mitchell-Paden this week? Week 8 Standard (2026)

THE FF CALL

Slight lean: Tanner Koziol

+0.8 projected edge · Standard

Start Tanner Koziol over Zaire Mitchell-Paden for Week 8 Standard: 0.8 projected points versus 0.0.

Tanner Koziol: 0.0 FP recent scoring average.
Zaire Mitchell-Paden: BYE.

Forecast updated Oct 28, 2026, 2:26 AM ET · Standard

FF PICK

Tanner Koziol

TE · JACStats & schedule

0.8FF projected

vs IND

Sun 1:00 PM ET

THE ALTERNATIVE

Zaire Mitchell-Paden

TE · HOUStats & schedule

0.0FF projected

BYE

Check bye / schedule

Why this pick?

Tanner Koziol

Fortified0.8

Sleeper0.8

Tanner Koziol faces IND in Week 8. Recent scoring average: 0.0 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. Tanner Koziol 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, 2:26 AM ET. Projections can change before kickoff.

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