Start Tucker Kraft or Brock Bowers? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Brock Bowers over Tucker Kraft in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Brock Bowers at 17.8 points and Tucker Kraft at 11.1, a gap of 6.7. No player market is posted for Brock Bowers this week yet, so his 17.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (17.2, 19.0 and 17.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Brock Bowers at ADP 49 and Tucker Kraft at 104.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Brock Bowers yet. His market-based projections were 17.2, 19.0 and 17.2 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 17.8, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 0.6 touchdowns (6 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.1 fantasy points for Tucker Kraft, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tucker Kraft is 43 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (13, 12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Brock Bowers 6.7 points ahead of Tucker Kraft on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Brock Bowers and LV visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 10.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 48 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

Tucker Kraft and GB host CAR on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CAR allowed 13.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 15th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CAR.

By points allowed to the position, Tucker Kraft has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brock Bowers is not on the injury report.

Tucker Kraft is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Brock Bowers played 83 percent of LV snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 32 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Brock Bowers, Week 4 against KC: 69 of 84 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 5 against NE: 42 of 60 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 110 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 6 against BUF: 65 of 66 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 70 yards.

Brock Bowers, Week 7 against LAR: 57 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 73 yards.

Through Week 7, Tucker Kraft played 82 percent of GB snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Tucker Kraft, Week 4 against TB: 55 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 42 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tucker Kraft, Week 5 against CHI: 47 of 61 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 64 yards.

Tucker Kraft, Week 6 against DAL: 58 of 75 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 37 yards.

Tucker Kraft, Week 7 against DET: 59 of 67 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 48 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brock Bowers played 12 games for LV and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets and 375 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Tucker Kraft played 8 games for GB and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 145 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start Tucker Kraft over Brenton Strange.
• Start Tucker Kraft over Cade Otton.
• Start Colston Loveland over Tucker Kraft.