Two players, one answer.
Bhayshul Tuten vs Malik Nabers
This week
Toss-up · 11.9 to 10.4 projected (Week 9, Standard)
Rest of season
Bhayshul Tuten by 17% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
Malik Nabers by 36% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 9 · Standard · 58% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Bhayshul Tuten is projected 1.5 points ahead of Malik Nabers. 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.
RB · JAX
Bhayshul Tuten
11.9 projected
@ BAL · Thu 8:15 PM ETQuestionable
14.8 a game this season · last 3: 9.6, 20.7, 27.9
WR · NYG
Malik Nabers
10.4 projected
@ PHI · Sun 1:00 PM ET
10.4 a game this season · last 3: 18.1, 16.5, 11.1
- 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 Wed, Nov 4, 4:40 AM ET
- Malik Nabers: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Nov 4, 4:40 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Nov 4, 4:44 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Nov 4, 4:44 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 | Tuten | Nabers |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 14 | 15.8 |
| Half PPR | 13 | 13.1 |
| Standard | 11.9 | 10.4 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Bhayshul Tuten's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Malik Nabers is the start.
- 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.
- In ppr scoring the call goes the other way: Malik Nabers 15.8, Bhayshul Tuten 14.
- In half-PPR scoring the call goes the other way: Malik Nabers 13.1, Bhayshul Tuten 13.
- Bhayshul Tuten plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Malik Nabers's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard 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%.