Two players, one answer.
AJ Barner vs Chris Bell
This week
Start AJ Barner · 8.4 to 5.5 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
AJ Barner by 34% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Chris Bell by 13% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 63% held up in 2025
Lean AJ Barner
On Sleeper's projections, AJ Barner is projected 2.9 points ahead of Chris Bell. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 63% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
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 · MIA
Chris Bell
5.5 projected
vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ET
3.7 a game this season · last 3: 0, 2.6, 5.5
What the call rests on
- AJ Barner: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 2:20 PM ET
- Chris Bell: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 2:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 2:28 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 2:28 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 | Bell |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 8.4 | 5.5 |
| Half PPR | 6.8 | 4.5 |
| Standard | 5.2 | 3.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.9 points 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.
- Chris Bell plays first (Sun 4:25 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%.