Two players, one answer.

Austin Ekeler vs Ben Yurosek

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Austin Ekeler · Ben Yurosek

Week 8 · PPR · 73% held up in 2025

Start Austin Ekeler

On Sleeper's projections, Austin Ekeler is projected 5.3 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

5.7 projected

vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET

3.4 a game this season · last 3: 5, 2.4, 2.7

TE · MIN

Ben Yurosek

0.4 projected

@ DET · Sun 1:00 PM ET

2 a game this season · last 1: 2

What the call rests on

  • Austin Ekeler: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 10:30 AM ET
  • Ben Yurosek: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 10:30 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 10:33 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 10:33 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, scoredEkelerYurosek
PPR5.70.4
Half PPR5.20.3
Standard4.80.2

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 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%.