Start Travis Kelce or Cade Otton? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Travis Kelce over Cade Otton in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Travis Kelce at 11.9 points and Cade Otton at 8.1, a gap of 3.8. No player market is posted for Travis Kelce this week yet, so his 11.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (12.7 and 11.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Cade Otton this week yet, so his 8.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (7.7, 7.2 and 9.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Cade Otton yet. His market-based projections were 7.7, 7.2 and 9.5 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 8.1, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Travis Kelce yet. His market-based projections were 12.7 and 11.1 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 11.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Travis Kelce is 0.4 touchdowns (7 market sources).

That puts Travis Kelce 3.8 points ahead of Cade Otton on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Cade Otton and TB host ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 15.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 10th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 63 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ATL.

Travis Kelce and KC visit DEN on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DEN allowed 16.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 9th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 65 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against DEN.

By points allowed to the position, Travis Kelce has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Cade Otton is not on the injury report.

Travis Kelce is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Cade Otton played 94 percent of TB snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Cade Otton, Week 4 against GB: 60 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards.

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.

Through Week 7, Travis Kelce played 78 percent of KC snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 19 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Travis Kelce, Week 3 against MIA: 41 of 52 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown.

Travis Kelce, Week 4 against LV: 50 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

Travis Kelce, Week 6 against LAC: 40 of 61 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 53 yards.

Travis Kelce, Week 7 against SEA: 44 of 53 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 44 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, Travis Kelce played 17 games for KC and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 428 air yards.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Cade Otton over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Cade Otton.
• Start Colston Loveland over Cade Otton.
• Start Travis Kelce over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Travis Kelce.
• Start Colston Loveland over Travis Kelce.