Start Gunnar Helm or Tommy Tremble? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Gunnar Helm over Tommy Tremble in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Gunnar Helm at 4.6 points and Tommy Tremble at 4.2, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Gunnar Helm this week yet, so his 4.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (5.0, 4.9 and 3.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Tommy Tremble this week yet, so his 4.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (3.6 and 4.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Gunnar Helm yet. His market-based projections were 5.0, 4.9 and 3.9 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 4.6, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Tommy Tremble yet. His market-based projections were 3.6 and 4.7 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 4.2, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Tommy Tremble is 0.2 touchdowns (13 market sources).

That puts Gunnar Helm 0.4 points ahead of Tommy Tremble on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Gunnar Helm and TEN visit CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 15.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 11th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 85 yards and no touchdowns a game against CIN.

Tommy Tremble and CAR visit GB on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

GB allowed 9.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 33 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against GB.

By points allowed to the position, Gunnar Helm has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Gunnar Helm is not on the injury report.

Tommy Tremble is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Gunnar Helm played 78 percent of TEN snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Gunnar Helm, Week 4 against BAL: 46 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 5 against HOU: 45 of 63 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 6 against IND: 33 of 46 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 7 against CLE: 53 of 63 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 24 yards.

Through Week 7, Tommy Tremble played 55 percent of CAR snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Tommy Tremble, Week 3 against CLE: 37 of 77 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 41 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Gunnar Helm played 16 games for TEN and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 198 air yards.

He was on the field for 53 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 8 calls

• Start Chig Okonkwo over Gunnar Helm.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Gunnar Helm.
• Start Darnell Washington over Gunnar Helm.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Tommy Tremble.
• Start Tommy Tremble over Dawson Knox.
• Start Tommy Tremble over Eli Raridon.