Start Tommy Tremble or Cade Otton? Week 9
Updated Nov 4, 6:51 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Cade Otton over Tommy Tremble

- Market projects
- 8.4
- recent weeks avg
- CHI D vs TE
- 12.0
- 11th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 94%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 8

- Market projects
- 5.3
- fantasy pts
- DEN D vs TE
- 16.8
- 7th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 56%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 10%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Tommy Tremble for Cade Otton?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Cade Otton projects 62 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 8 games), Tommy Tremble 48 (5.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Cade Otton over Tommy Tremble.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Cade Otton over Tommy Tremble in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Cade Otton at 8.4 points and Tommy Tremble at 5.3, a gap of 3.1. No player market is posted for Cade Otton this week yet, so his 8.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (7.2, 9.5 and 8.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Cade Otton yet. His market-based projections were 7.2, 9.5 and 8.6 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 8.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
The market-based projection for Cade Otton is 0.2 touchdowns (12 market sources).
Player markets imply 5.3 fantasy points for Tommy Tremble, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
The market-based projection for Tommy Tremble is 17 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 12 and 12 market sources).
That puts Cade Otton 3.1 points ahead of Tommy Tremble on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Cade Otton and TB visit CHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.
CHI allowed 12.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 11th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 52 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against CHI.
Tommy Tremble and CAR host DEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
DEN allowed 16.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 7th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 68 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against DEN.
By points allowed to the position, Tommy Tremble has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Cade Otton is not on the injury report.
Tommy Tremble is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Cade Otton played 94 percent of TB snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.
Cade Otton, Week 5 against DAL: 66 of 72 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.
Cade Otton, Week 6 against PIT: 74 of 74 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.
Cade Otton, Week 7 against CAR: 56 of 63 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Cade Otton, Week 8 against ATL: 57 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Through Week 8, Tommy Tremble played 56 percent of CAR snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.
Tommy Tremble, Week 4 against DET: 38 of 75 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 12 yards.
Tommy Tremble, Week 6 against PHI: 54 of 79 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 46 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Tommy Tremble, Week 7 against TB: 27 of 56 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.
Tommy Tremble, Week 8 against GB: 44 of 73 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 19 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Cade Otton played 16 games for TB and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing TE22.
He caught 59 of 81 targets for 572 yards and 1 touchdown, with 5 red zone targets and 261 air yards.
He was on the field for 93 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Tommy Tremble played 17 games for CAR and scored 63.9 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing TE42.
He caught 27 of 37 targets for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 85 air yards.
He was on the field for 60 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Tommy Tremble for Cade Otton?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Cade Otton projects 62 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 8 games), Tommy Tremble 48 (5.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Cade Otton over Tommy Tremble.
Should I drop Cade Otton for Tommy Tremble?
No. Keep Cade Otton: he projects 62 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 8 games), Tommy Tremble 48 (5.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Cade Otton over Tommy Tremble.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Tommy Tremble playing Week 9?
- Is Cade Otton playing Week 9?
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