Colston Loveland is a fair Week 2 play — our TE11 at 8.8 projected points, right around the TE starter line.
- Projection
- 8.8 pts
- TE rank
- #11
- Matchup
- vs MIN
Colston Loveland's fantasy role in Week 2
Colston Loveland goes into Week 2 of the 2026 season as a locked-in weekly starter at TE for the CHI. He is rostered in 99% of leagues and actually started in 88% of them, and we rank him TE11 on our own weekly board at 8.8 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 2 matchup breakdown
The matchup: vs MIN. Our Pepper Meter heat rating for this spot is 3 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 8.8-point projection is 1.8 points better. That gap is the whole start/sit argument in one number.
How to play it
Colston Loveland is a fair Week 2 play — our TE11 at 8.8 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 Colston Loveland (CHI TE), our TE11 this week for Week 2 of the 2026 NFL season vs MIN, projecting 8.8 projected points with a hot Pepper Meter rating. 88% of managers already start him, and the depth-chart role behind that number looks stable. I have him at TE11 because the projection lands about 26% clear of what a typical TE banks in a week. At home against MIN, I expect the game to stay competitive enough that his usage holds. Hot on the Pepper Meter reflects a steady weekly floor rather than a boom week — that's still a start.
Tina's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Colston Loveland (CHI TE), our TE11 this week for Week 2 of the 2026 NFL season vs MIN, projecting 8.8 projected points with a hot Pepper Meter rating. 88% of managers already start him, and the depth-chart role behind that number looks stable. I have him at TE11 because the projection lands about 26% clear of what a typical TE banks in a week. At home against MIN, I expect the game to stay competitive enough that his usage holds. Hot on the Pepper Meter reflects a steady weekly floor rather than a boom week — that's still a start.