Two players, one answer.
AJ Barner vs Eli Stowers
Any format · 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
Eli Stowers by 5% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
AJ Barner by 4% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 81% held up in 2025
Start AJ Barner
On Sleeper's projections, AJ Barner is projected 7.4 points ahead of Eli Stowers. 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
TE · PHI
Eli Stowers
1.0 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
0 a game this season · last 1: 0
What the call rests on
- AJ Barner: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 7:50 PM ET
- Eli Stowers: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 7:50 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 7:55 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, 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 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%.