Two players, one answer.
Austin Ekeler vs Noah Gray
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
Austin Ekeler by 75% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Austin Ekeler by 12% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 60% held up in 2025
Lean Austin Ekeler
On Sleeper's projections, Austin Ekeler is projected 2.1 points ahead of Noah Gray. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 60% 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 · KC
Noah Gray
3.6 projected
@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET
4.6 a game this season · last 3: 3.7, 8.3, 7.4
What the call rests on
- Austin Ekeler: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 12:30 PM ET
- Noah Gray: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 12:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 12:33 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 12:33 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 | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 5.7 | 3.6 |
| Half PPR | 5.2 | 2.8 |
| Standard | 4.8 | 1.9 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.1 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.
- Noah Gray 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%.