Start Tyler Huntley or Cam Ward? Week 8
Updated Oct 27, 8:06 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Tyler Huntley over Cam Ward
- Market projects
- 13.2
- recent weeks avg
- BUF D vs QB
- 22.3
- 4th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 88%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 11.9
- recent weeks avg
- CIN D vs QB
- 17.1
- 16th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 7
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Our Week 8 call
Start Tyler Huntley over Cam Ward in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Tyler Huntley at 13.2 points and Cam Ward at 11.9, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tyler Huntley this week yet, so his 13.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (11.6, 11.2 and 16.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Cam Ward this week yet, so his 11.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (12.5, 11.1 and 12.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 8 player market is posted for Tyler Huntley yet. His market-based projections were 11.6, 11.2 and 16.7 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 13.2, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
No Week 8 player market is posted for Cam Ward yet. His market-based projections were 12.5, 11.1 and 12.1 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 11.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
That puts Tyler Huntley 1.3 points ahead of Cam Ward on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
Tyler Huntley and BAL visit BUF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
BUF allowed 22.3 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 6 games, the 4th most in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 299 yards and 2-3 touchdowns a game against BUF, with 0.5 interceptions a game.
Cam Ward and TEN visit CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CIN allowed 17.1 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 6 games, the 16th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 254 yards and a touchdown a game against CIN, with 0.7 interceptions a game.
By points allowed to the position, Tyler Huntley has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Tyler Huntley is not on the injury report.
Cam Ward is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
Through Week 7, Tyler Huntley played 88 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 125 times and threw an average of 6.3 air yards per attempt.
Tyler Huntley, Week 4 against TEN: 31 of 64 snaps, 8 of 9 passes for 63 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 18 yards.
Tyler Huntley, Week 5 against ATL: 76 of 76 snaps, 24 of 32 passes for 201 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 22 yards.
Tyler Huntley, Week 6 against CLE: 57 of 57 snaps, 19 of 31 passes for 165 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 28 yards.
Tyler Huntley, Week 7 against CIN: 67 of 67 snaps, 23 of 34 passes for 298 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 12 yards.
Through Week 7, Cam Ward played 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 232 times and threw an average of 7.0 air yards per attempt.
Cam Ward, Week 4 against BAL: 64 of 64 snaps, 20 of 31 passes for 222 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 4 carries for 27 yards.
Cam Ward, Week 5 against HOU: 63 of 63 snaps, 23 of 36 passes for 170 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 2 yards.
Cam Ward, Week 6 against IND: 46 of 46 snaps, 11 of 22 passes for 102 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 8 yards.
Cam Ward, Week 7 against CLE: 63 of 63 snaps, 20 of 31 passes for 181 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 5 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Tyler Huntley played 5 games for BAL and scored 40.1 PPR points, 8.0 a game, finishing QB47.
He completed 52 of 67 passes for 426 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran 24 times for 151 yards and 0 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Cam Ward played 17 games for TEN and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.
He completed 323 of 540 passes for 3169 yards, 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 39 times for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 100 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 8 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 8 on the board
- Is Tyler Huntley playing Week 8?
- Is Cam Ward playing Week 8?
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- Week 8 waiver wire
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