Sit Andre Szmyt in Week 10 if you have a real alternative — 4.5 projected points lands 3 under the K starter line.
- Projection
- 4.5 pts
- K rank
- #14
- Matchup
- vs HOU
Andre Szmyt's fantasy role in Week 10
Andre Szmyt goes into Week 10 of the 2026 season as a deep-league K flyer for the CLE. He is rostered in 6% of leagues and actually started in 5% of them, and we rank him K14 on our own weekly board at 4.5 projected points.
Interest is climbing — roster rates moved up about 2% over the last week, which usually means managers are reacting to a bigger snap or target share.
No injury designation to work around right now, which keeps his projection honest.
Week 10 matchup breakdown
The matchup: vs HOU. Our Pepper Meter heat rating for this spot is 1 out of 5, which is how we grade the combination of role, projection and opponent difficulty.
Against a typical starting K baseline of 7.5 points, his 4.5-point projection is 3 points short. That gap is the whole start/sit argument in one number.
How to play it
Sit Andre Szmyt in Week 10 if you have a real alternative — 4.5 projected points lands 3 under the K starter line.
If you are deciding between him and another K, compare projections first, then lean on the Pepper Meter heat rating as the tiebreaker.
Sally's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Andre Szmyt (CLE K), our K14 this week for Week 10 of the 2026 NFL season vs HOU, projecting 4.5 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Sally wants fireworks, and 3 points below a typical starter isn't fireworks. 5% of managers already start him, and the depth-chart role behind that number looks stable. Nothing in the projection defends him — 40% below positional par is a bench line for me. The Pepper Meter cools him to Mild, and that reading is doing its job.
Tina's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Andre Szmyt (CLE K), our K14 this week for Week 10 of the 2026 NFL season vs HOU, projecting 4.5 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Tina calls it a floor problem: 3 points under the starter line is a lot of risk for a lineup spot. At home against HOU, I expect the game to stay competitive enough that his usage holds. 5% of managers already start him, and the depth-chart role behind that number looks stable. Tina keeps him at Mild until the usage says otherwise.