Two players, one answer.
AJ Barner vs Mark Andrews
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 8.8 to 8.4 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Mark Andrews by 29% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
AJ Barner by 44% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Mark Andrews is projected 0.4 points ahead of AJ Barner. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 52% 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 · BAL
Mark Andrews
8.8 projected
@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET
7.2 a game this season · last 3: 4.8, 1.4, 5.3
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
What the call rests on
- Mark Andrews: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- AJ Barner: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 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 | Andrews | Barner |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 8.8 | 8.4 |
| Half PPR | 7.1 | 6.9 |
| Standard | 5.4 | 5.3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.4 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.
- Mark Andrews plays first (Sun 1:00 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%.