Two players, one answer.
Austin Ekeler vs Elic Ayomanor
This week
Toss-up · 6.3 to 5.7 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Austin Ekeler by 42% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Elic Ayomanor by 72% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 53% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Elic Ayomanor is projected 0.6 points ahead of Austin Ekeler. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 53% 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 · TEN
Elic Ayomanor
6.3 projected
@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
4.8 a game this season · last 3: 2.7, 1.3, 7.4
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
What the call rests on
- Elic Ayomanor: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 7:50 AM ET
- Austin Ekeler: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 7:50 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 7:54 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 7:54 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 | Ayomanor | Ekeler |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 6.3 | 5.7 |
| Half PPR | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Standard | 4.4 | 4.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.6 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.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Austin Ekeler 4.8, Elic Ayomanor 4.4.
- Elic Ayomanor 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%.