Two players, one answer.
AJ Barner vs Chris Bell
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Start AJ Barner · 6.8 to 4.3 projected (Week 8, Half PPR)
Rest of season
AJ Barner by 33% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Chris Bell by 13% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 63% held up in 2025
Lean AJ Barner
On Sleeper's projections, AJ Barner is projected 2.5 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
6.8 projected
vs CHI · Mon 8:15 PM ET
4.9 a game this season · last 3: 3.5, 3.1, 6.6
WR · MIA
Chris Bell
— final · points pending · 4.3 projected
vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ET
3 a game this season · last 3: 0, 2.6, 4
- Chris Bell's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- AJ Barner: Sleeper's projection, last changed Mon, Nov 2, 12:30 AM ET
- Chris Bell: Sleeper's projection, last changed Mon, Nov 2, 12:30 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Mon, Nov 2, 12:38 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Mon, Nov 2, 12:38 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 | Bell |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 8.4 | 5.2 |
| Half PPR | 6.8 | 4.3 |
| Standard | 5.2 | 3.3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.5 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.
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This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half 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%.