Jake Ferguson is a fair Week 2 play — our TE19 at 7.5 projected points, right around the TE starter line.
- Projection
- 7.5 pts
- TE rank
- #19
- Matchup
- vs WSH
Jake Ferguson's fantasy role in Week 2
Jake Ferguson goes into Week 2 of the 2026 season as a matchup-dependent TE option for the DAL. He is rostered in 81% of leagues and actually started in 32% of them, and we rank him TE19 on our own weekly board at 7.5 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 2 matchup breakdown
The matchup: vs WSH. 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
Jake Ferguson is a fair Week 2 play — our TE19 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 Jake Ferguson (DAL TE), our TE19 this week for Week 2 of the 2026 NFL season vs WSH, projecting 7.5 projected points with a spicy Pepper Meter rating. 32% of managers already start him, and the depth-chart role behind that number looks stable. The math is unsexy and convincing: 7.5 points, 7% above what the position pays out on average. WSH is the opponent, and that's the part of this I'm least worried about. 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 Jake Ferguson (DAL TE), our TE19 this week for Week 2 of the 2026 NFL season vs WSH, projecting 7.5 projected points with a spicy Pepper Meter rating. 32% of managers already start him, and the depth-chart role behind that number looks stable. The math is unsexy and convincing: 7.5 points, 7% above what the position pays out on average. WSH is the opponent, and that's the part of this I'm least worried about. Spicy on the Pepper Meter reflects a steady weekly floor rather than a boom week — that's still a start.