Two players, one answer.
AJ Barner vs Chig Okonkwo
This week
Toss-up · 8.4 to 7.4 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
AJ Barner by 9% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
AJ Barner by 33% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, AJ Barner is projected 1 point ahead of Chig Okonkwo. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 55% of the time. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.
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
TE · WAS
Chig Okonkwo
7.4 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
7.5 a game this season · last 3: 2.5, 10, 13.9
What the call rests on
- AJ Barner: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 12:00 PM ET
- Chig Okonkwo: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 12:00 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 12:07 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 12:07 PM 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 | Okonkwo |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| Half PPR | 6.8 | 5.9 |
| Standard | 5.2 | 4.4 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1 point or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
- Chig Okonkwo plays first (Sun 8:20 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%.