Two players, one answer.
AJ Barner vs Eli Stowers
Any league · this week start/sit · Standard
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Eli Stowers by 10% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Standard · 76% held up in 2025
Start AJ Barner
On Sleeper's projections, AJ Barner is projected 4.6 points ahead of Eli Stowers. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 76% of the time.
TE · SEA
AJ Barner
5.2 projected
vs CHI · Mon 8:15 PM ET
3.5 a game this season · last 3: 2, 1.6, 4.6
TE · PHI
Eli Stowers
5.3 final · 0.6 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
2.7 a game this season · last 2: 0, 5.3
- Eli Stowers'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, 7:40 PM ET
- Eli Stowers: Sleeper's projection, last changed Mon, Nov 2, 7:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Mon, Nov 2, 7:42 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Mon, Nov 2, 7:42 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 | Stowers |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 8.4 | 1 |
| Half PPR | 6.8 | 0.8 |
| Standard | 5.2 | 0.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Eli Stowers 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 Standard 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%.