Two players, one answer.
Amon-Ra St. Brown vs Justin Jefferson
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 18.4 to 17.3 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Amon-Ra St. Brown by 58% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Amon-Ra St. Brown by 50% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Justin Jefferson is projected 1.1 points ahead of Amon-Ra St. Brown. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 55% 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.
WR · MIN
Justin Jefferson
18.4 projected
@ DET · Sun 1:00 PM ET
14.4 a game this season · last 3: 5.2, 18.8, 8.4
WR · DET
Amon-Ra St. Brown
17.3 projected
vs MIN · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
21.4 a game this season · last 3: 15.5, 12.9, 24.2
- Amon-Ra St. Brown is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Justin Jefferson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 11:10 PM ET
- Amon-Ra St. Brown: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 11:10 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 11:17 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Tue, Oct 27, 11:17 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 | Jefferson | Brown |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 18.4 | 17.3 |
| Half PPR | 15.1 | 14.4 |
| Standard | 11.8 | 11.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Amon-Ra St. Brown's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Justin Jefferson is the start.
- A projection update of 1.1 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.
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%.