Two players, one answer.
Bhayshul Tuten vs Luther Burden III
Any league · Week 9 start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 12.9 to 12 projected (Week 9, Half PPR)
Rest of season
Bhayshul Tuten by 49% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 9 · Half PPR · 54% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Bhayshul Tuten is projected 0.9 points ahead of Luther Burden III. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 54% 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.
RB · JAX
Bhayshul Tuten
12.9 projected
@ BAL · Thu 8:15 PM ETQuestionable
15.8 a game this season · last 3: 10.6, 22.7, 28.9
WR · CHI
Luther Burden III
12.0 projected
vs TB · Sun 8:20 PM ET
11.8 a game this season · last 3: 13.5, 21.7, 15.1
- Bhayshul Tuten is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Bhayshul Tuten: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 8:30 PM ET
- Luther Burden III: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 8:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Nov 3, 8:41 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Tue, Nov 3, 8:41 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 | Tuten | III |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 14 | 14.6 |
| Half PPR | 12.9 | 12 |
| Standard | 11.8 | 9.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Bhayshul Tuten's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Luther Burden III is the start.
- A projection update of 0.9 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.
- In ppr scoring the call goes the other way: Luther Burden III 14.6, Bhayshul Tuten 14.
- Bhayshul Tuten plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Luther Burden III'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%.