Two players, one answer.
Austin Ekeler vs Matt Hibner
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Austin Ekeler by 22% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Matt Hibner by 60% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 62% held up in 2025
Lean Austin Ekeler
On Sleeper's projections, Austin Ekeler is projected 2.6 points ahead of Matt Hibner. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 62% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
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 · BAL
Matt Hibner
3.1 projected
@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET
6 a game this season · last 3: 2.3, 10.3, 5.4
What the call rests on
- Austin Ekeler: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 1:40 AM ET
- Matt Hibner: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 1:40 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 1:46 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 1:46 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 | Hibner |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 5.7 | 3.1 |
| Half PPR | 5.2 | 2.5 |
| Standard | 4.8 | 2 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.6 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.
- Matt Hibner 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%.