Sit Tyler Loop in Week 8 if you have a real alternative — 5 projected points lands 2.5 under the K starter line.
- Projection
- 5 pts
- K rank
- #24
- Matchup
- at BUF
Tyler Loop's fantasy role in Week 8
Tyler Loop goes into Week 8 of the 2026 season as a every-week lineup piece at K for the BAL. He is rostered in 60% of leagues and actually started in 55% of them, and we rank him K24 on our own weekly board at 5 projected points.
Interest is cooling — roster rates slipped roughly 1% in the last week, so he is getting cheaper to acquire if you believe in the role.
No injury designation to work around right now, which keeps his projection honest.
Week 8 matchup breakdown
The matchup: at BUF. 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-point projection is 2.5 points short. That gap is the whole start/sit argument in one number.
How to play it
Sit Tyler Loop in Week 8 if you have a real alternative — 5 projected points lands 2.5 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 Tyler Loop (BAL K), our K24 this week for Week 8 of the 2026 NFL season at BUF, projecting 5.0 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Sally wants fireworks, and 2.5 points below a typical starter isn't fireworks. Nothing in the projection defends him — 33% below positional par is a bench line for me. The at BUF draw matters here — road snaps against BUF shape how often he's asked to do something. Mild on the Pepper Meter is generous, honestly.
Tina's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Tyler Loop (BAL K), our K24 this week for Week 8 of the 2026 NFL season at BUF, projecting 5.0 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Tina calls it a floor problem: 2.5 points under the starter line is a lot of risk for a lineup spot. The projection sits about 33% under what a startable K returns, so I honestly can't pretend the price tag matches the output. On the road against BUF, I expect the game to stay competitive enough that his usage holds. Mild on the Pepper Meter is generous, honestly.