Two players, one answer.

Baker Mayfield vs Dalton Kincaid

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 74% held up in 2025

Start Baker Mayfield

On Sleeper's projections, Baker Mayfield is projected 5.8 points ahead of Dalton Kincaid. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 74% of the time.

QB · TB

Baker Mayfield

16.3 projected

vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ET

10.9 a game this season · last 3: 13.2, 12.3, 6.7

TE · BUF

Dalton Kincaid

10.5 projected

vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET

10.1 a game this season · last 3: 1.7, 3.7, 10.8

What the call rests on

  • Baker Mayfield: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 11:30 AM ET
  • Dalton Kincaid: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 11:30 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 11:31 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 11:31 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, scoredMayfieldKincaid
PPR16.310.5
Half PPR16.38.6
Standard16.36.6

What could change it before kickoff

Nothing pending on either: both are expected to play, and the gap is wide enough that a typical projection update doesn't close it.

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%.