Brenton Strange is a fair Week 8 play — our TE11 at 6.5 projected points, right around the TE starter line.
- Projection
- 6.5 pts
- TE rank
- #11
- Matchup
- vs IND
Brenton Strange's fantasy role in Week 8
Brenton Strange goes into Week 8 of the 2026 season as a deep-league TE flyer for the JAX. He is rostered in 41% of leagues and actually started in 12% of them, and we rank him TE11 on our own weekly board at 6.5 projected points.
Interest is climbing — roster rates moved up about 5% 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 8 matchup breakdown
The matchup: vs IND. Our Pepper Meter heat rating for this spot is 2 out of 5, which is how we grade the combination of role, projection and opponent difficulty.
Against a typical starting TE baseline of 7 points, his 6.5-point projection is 0.5 points short. That gap is the whole start/sit argument in one number.
How to play it
Brenton Strange is a fair Week 8 play — our TE11 at 6.5 projected points, right around the TE starter line.
If you are deciding between him and another TE, compare projections first, then lean on the Pepper Meter heat rating as the tiebreaker.
Sally's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Brenton Strange (JAX TE), our TE11 this week for Week 8 of the 2026 NFL season vs IND, projecting 6.5 projected points with a spicy Pepper Meter rating. Sally's honest about it: 0.5 points under the starter line isn't the ceiling she chases. Roster share is moving +4.8% week over week, so the rest of the country is catching up. Only 41% of leagues roster him, so this is cheap production before the price goes up. The projection sits about 7% under what a startable TE returns, so I can't pretend the price tag matches the output. The Pepper Meter cools him to Spicy, and that reading is doing its job.
Tina's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Brenton Strange (JAX TE), our TE11 this week for Week 8 of the 2026 NFL season vs IND, projecting 6.5 projected points with a spicy Pepper Meter rating. Tina calls it a floor problem: 0.5 points under the starter line is a lot of risk for a lineup spot. The projection sits about 7% under what a startable TE returns, so I honestly can't pretend the price tag matches the output. At home against IND, I expect the game to stay competitive enough that his usage holds. Spicy on the Pepper Meter is generous, honestly.