Start Tyler Warren or Brenton Strange? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Tyler Warren over Brenton Strange in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Tyler Warren at 10.0 points and Brenton Strange at 9.3, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Tyler Warren at ADP 67 and Brenton Strange at 202.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.0 fantasy points for Tyler Warren, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tyler Warren is 38 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (9, 7 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.3 fantasy points for Brenton Strange, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Brenton Strange is 38 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (11, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Tyler Warren 0.7 points ahead of Brenton Strange on the market projections.

Week 8 matchups

Tyler Warren and IND visit JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

JAX allowed 11.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 35 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against JAX.

Brenton Strange and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 13.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 13th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 45 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND.

By points allowed to the position, Brenton Strange has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tyler Warren is listed as questionable with a groin injury.

Brenton Strange is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 5, Tyler Warren played 91 percent of IND snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Warren, Week 2 against KC: 58 of 65 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 21 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tyler Warren, Week 3 against HOU: 67 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 10 targets and 9 catches for 55 yards.

Tyler Warren, Week 4 against WAS: 56 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 41 yards.

Tyler Warren, Week 5 against PIT: 67 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 9 targets and 7 catches for 83 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Brenton Strange played 79 percent of JAX snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 17 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Brenton Strange, Week 3 against NE: 48 of 62 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 32 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 4 against CIN: 53 of 61 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 95 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 5 against PHI: 58 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 68 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 6 against HOU: 54 of 71 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tyler Warren played 17 games for IND and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets and 343 air yards.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Brenton Strange played 12 games for JAX and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 293 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over Tyler Warren.
• Start Tyler Warren over Cade Otton.
• Start Tyler Warren over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Brenton Strange over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Cade Otton.
• Start Brenton Strange over Chig Okonkwo.