Two players, one answer.
AJ Barner vs Sam Howell
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
AJ Barner by 41% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Sam Howell by 34% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 82% held up in 2025
Start AJ Barner
On Sleeper's projections, AJ Barner is projected 8.3 points ahead of Sam Howell. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 82% of the time.
TE · SEA
AJ Barner
8.3 projected
vs CHI · Mon 8:15 PM ET
6.2 a game this season · last 3: 5, 4.6, 8.6
QB · DAL
Sam Howell
0.0 projected
vs ARI · Sun 1:00 PM ET
No games this season
What the call rests on
- AJ Barner: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 2:10 PM ET
- Sam Howell: Sleeper's projection
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 2:24 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 | Howell |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 8.3 | 0 |
| Half PPR | 6.7 | 0 |
| Standard | 5.2 | 0 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Sam Howell 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%.