Waiver Season 2026 · week 8 · updated Oct 30

Start or sit Drake Maye in week 8?

Start him Start Drake Maye in week 8. Waiver projects 19.8 points against MIA, which makes him QB1 this week, inside the QB18 who start in a twelve-team league. A bad week for him looks like 12.1 points and a good one 31.2.

Projected points
19.8
Floor
12.1
Ceiling
31.2
Rank this week
QB1
Opponent
MIA
Chance he plays
94%

Others at his position this week

PlayerRankOpponentProjectedFloor–ceilingCompare
Joe BurrowQB2TEN19.512.0–31.1Compare
Josh AllenQB3BAL19.111.7–30.7Compare

See his rest-of-season outlook · All start or sit calls for week 8

Projected points count his chance of playing. The floor and the ceiling are for a game he plays: he should score below the floor about one week in ten, and above the ceiling about one week in ten. Tested on single games in the 2024 and 2025 seasons. The line between starting and sitting is the QB18 in a twelve-team league; deeper leagues start more.