Sit Cairo Santos in Week 8 if you have a real alternative — 5.5 projected points lands 2 under the K starter line.
- Projection
- 5.5 pts
- K rank
- #15
- Matchup
- at SEA
Cairo Santos's fantasy role in Week 8
Cairo Santos goes into Week 8 of the 2026 season as a deep-league K flyer for the CHI. He is rostered in 25% of leagues and actually started in 22% of them, and we rank him K15 on our own weekly board at 5.5 projected points.
Roster rates are steady week over week, so his role looks settled rather than in flux.
No injury designation to work around right now, which keeps his projection honest.
Week 8 matchup breakdown
The matchup: at SEA. 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 5.5-point projection is 2 points short. That gap is the whole start/sit argument in one number.
How to play it
Sit Cairo Santos in Week 8 if you have a real alternative — 5.5 projected points lands 2 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 Cairo Santos (CHI K), our K15 this week for Week 8 of the 2026 NFL season at SEA, projecting 5.5 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Sally's honest about it: 2 points under the starter line isn't the ceiling she chases. SEA is the opponent, and that's the part of this I'm least worried about. Only 25% of leagues roster him, so this is cheap production before the price goes up. Sally keeps him at Mild until the usage says otherwise.
Tina's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Cairo Santos (CHI K), our K15 this week for Week 8 of the 2026 NFL season at SEA, projecting 5.5 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Tina calls it a floor problem: 2 points under the starter line is a lot of risk for a lineup spot. Only 25% of leagues roster him, so this is cheap production before the price goes up. He grades 27% below the average weekly K number, which is a floor problem more than a ceiling one. The Pepper Meter cools him to Mild, and that reading is doing its job.