Colston Loveland is a fair Week 8 play — our TE6 at 7.5 projected points, right around the TE starter line.
- Projection
- 7.5 pts
- TE rank
- #6
- Matchup
- at SEA
Colston Loveland's fantasy role in Week 8
Colston Loveland goes into Week 8 of the 2026 season as a every-week lineup piece at TE for the CHI. He is rostered in 94% of leagues and actually started in 78% of them, and we rank him TE6 on our own weekly board at 7.5 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 8 matchup breakdown
The matchup: at SEA. 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 7.5-point projection is 0.5 points better. That gap is the whole start/sit argument in one number.
How to play it
Colston Loveland is a fair Week 8 play — our TE6 at 7.5 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 Colston Loveland (CHI TE), our TE6 this week for Week 8 of the 2026 NFL season at SEA, projecting 7.5 projected points with a spicy Pepper Meter rating. Sally doesn't overthink it — that's 0.5 points of upside over the position line, so he plays. 78% of managers already start him, and the depth-chart role behind that number looks stable. Loveland clears the TE bar by about 7%, which is why he sits this high on my board. Spicy 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 TE6 this week for Week 8 of the 2026 NFL season at SEA, projecting 7.5 projected points with a spicy Pepper Meter rating. Tina plays contrarian — with 78% start rate he's priced in, and she cares more about his floor than his name. 7.5 projected points is roughly 7% more than the TE baseline, and that gap is the entire argument for the spot at TE6. Facing SEA away from home, the script reads neutral to friendly, not scary. Tina keeps the Pepper Meter at Spicy here because the ceiling is capped, not the role.