Start Colston Loveland or Travis Kelce? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Colston Loveland over Travis Kelce in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Colston Loveland at 10.8 points and Travis Kelce at 11.9, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Colston Loveland still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 71 against 113, and that outweighs a gap this size. 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.

What the market projects

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).

Player markets imply 10.8 fantasy points for Colston Loveland, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Colston Loveland is 43 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (7, 6 and 8 market sources).

That puts Travis Kelce 1.1 points ahead of Colston Loveland on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

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.

Colston Loveland and CHI visit SEA on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

SEA allowed 10.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 34 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against SEA.

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

Injury status

Travis Kelce is not on the injury report.

Colston Loveland is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

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.

Through Week 7, Colston Loveland played 86 percent of CHI snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 17 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Colston Loveland, Week 4 against NYJ: 86 of 93 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 57 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 5 against GB: 55 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 6 against ATL: 68 of 77 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 65 yards, 1 touchdown.

Colston Loveland, Week 7 against NE: 58 of 69 snaps, 12 targets and 7 catches for 69 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Colston Loveland played 16 games for CHI and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 463 air yards.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

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