Two players, one answer.
AJ Barner vs Zach Ertz
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
About even (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
AJ Barner by 95% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 84% held up in 2025
Start AJ Barner
On Sleeper's projections, AJ Barner is projected 8.4 points ahead of Zach Ertz. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 84% 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
Zach Ertz
0.0 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
1.7 a game this season · last 3: 1.9, 3.3, 0
What the call rests on
- AJ Barner: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 9:20 AM ET
- Zach Ertz: Sleeper's projection
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 9:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 9:27 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 | Barner | Ertz |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 8.4 | 0 |
| Half PPR | 6.9 | 0 |
| Standard | 5.3 | 0 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Zach Ertz 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%.