Two players, one answer.
Austin Hooper vs Cyrus Allen
Any league · this week start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Cyrus Allen by 26% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Cyrus Allen by 93% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 58% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Austin Hooper is projected 1.5 points ahead of Cyrus Allen. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 58% 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.
TE · ATL
Austin Hooper
2.6 projected
@ TB · Sun 1:00 PM ET
3.3 a game this season · last 3: 1.4, 1.1, 3.1
WR · KC
Cyrus Allen
1.1 projected
@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET
1.5 a game this season · last 3: 0, 3.7, 2.3
- Austin Hooper's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Austin Hooper: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 1:30 PM ET
- Cyrus Allen: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 1:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 1:34 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 1:34 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 | Hooper | Allen |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 3.2 | 1.3 |
| Half PPR | 2.6 | 1.1 |
| Standard | 2 | 0.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.5 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.
- Austin Hooper plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Cyrus Allen's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half 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%.