Two players, one answer.
Austin Ekeler vs Ben Yurosek
Any league · this week start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Austin Ekeler by 69% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 73% held up in 2025
Start Austin Ekeler
On Sleeper's projections, Austin Ekeler is projected 4.9 points ahead of Ben Yurosek. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 73% of the time.
RB · WAS
Austin Ekeler
5.2 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
2.7 a game this season · last 3: 4.5, 1.9, 1.7
TE · MIN
Ben Yurosek
— final · points pending · 0.3 projected
@ DET · Sun 1:00 PM ET
1.5 a game this season · last 1: 1.5
- Their games have already kicked off, so most platforms have locked them in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Austin Ekeler: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 11:30 PM ET
- Ben Yurosek: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 11:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 11:37 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 11:37 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 | Ekeler | Yurosek |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 5.7 | 0.4 |
| Half PPR | 5.2 | 0.3 |
| Standard | 4.7 | 0.2 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Ben Yurosek plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Austin Ekeler's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half 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%.