Two players, one answer.
AJ Barner vs Brenen Thompson
Any league · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
AJ Barner by 39% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
AJ Barner by 6% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 81% held up in 2025
Start AJ Barner
On Sleeper's projections, AJ Barner is projected 7.6 points ahead of Brenen Thompson. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 81% of the time.
TE · SEA
AJ Barner
8.4 projected
vs CHI · Mon 8:15 PM ET
6.2 a game this season · last 3: 5, 4.6, 8.6
WR · LAC
Brenen Thompson
0.8 projected
@ LAR · Sun 4:05 PM ETQuestionable
2.3 a game this season · last 1: 2.3
- Brenen Thompson is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- AJ Barner: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 11:30 AM ET
- Brenen Thompson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 11:30 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 11:31 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 11:31 AM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Barner | Thompson |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 8.4 | 0.8 |
| Half PPR | 6.8 | 0.7 |
| Standard | 5.2 | 0.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Brenen Thompson's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, AJ Barner is the start.
- Brenen Thompson plays first (Sun 4:05 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before AJ Barner's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.