Two players, one answer.
Austin Ekeler vs Justin Fields
Any league · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Justin Fields by 9% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Justin Fields by 84% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 73% held up in 2025
Start Austin Ekeler
On Sleeper's projections, Austin Ekeler is projected 5.7 points ahead of Justin Fields. 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
QB · KC
Justin Fields
0.0 projected
@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET
No games this season
What the call rests on
- Austin Ekeler: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 3:30 AM ET
- Justin Fields: Sleeper's projection
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 3:40 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 3:40 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 | Ekeler | Fields |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 5.7 | 0 |
| Half PPR | 5.3 | 0 |
| Standard | 4.8 | 0 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Justin Fields plays first (Sun 4:25 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%.