Start Noah Gray or Tommy Tremble? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Tommy Tremble over Noah Gray in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Tommy Tremble at 4.2 points and Noah Gray at 4.1, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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. No player market is posted for Noah Gray this week yet, so his 4.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (4.1 and 4.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Noah Gray yet. His market-based projections were 4.1 and 4.1 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 4.1, 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 Tommy Tremble 0.1 points ahead of Noah Gray on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Noah Gray 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.

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, Noah Gray has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Noah Gray is not on the injury report.

Tommy Tremble is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Noah Gray played 58 percent of KC snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Noah Gray, Week 3 against MIA: 33 of 52 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 4 against LV: 41 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 6 against LAC: 39 of 61 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 7 against SEA: 28 of 53 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 44 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, Noah Gray played 16 games for KC and scored 38.8 PPR points, 2.4 a game, finishing TE59.

He caught 21 of 37 targets for 178 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 71 air yards.

He was on the field for 52 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 Colby Parkinson over Tommy Tremble.
• Start Tommy Tremble over Dawson Knox.
• Start Tommy Tremble over Eli Raridon.