Two players, one answer.
Bhayshul Tuten vs Malik Nabers
This week
Toss-up · 13.1 to 12.9 projected (Week 9, Half PPR)
Rest of season
Malik Nabers by 8% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Malik Nabers by 36% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 9 · Half PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Malik Nabers is projected 0.2 points ahead of Bhayshul Tuten. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 51% 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.
WR · NYG
Malik Nabers
13.1 projected
@ PHI · Sun 1:00 PM ET
13.8 a game this season · last 3: 23.6, 22.5, 14.6
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
- Malik Nabers has scored 20.2 a game over his last three, above his 13.8 season average.
- 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
- Malik Nabers: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 5:40 PM ET
- Bhayshul Tuten: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 5:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Nov 3, 5:41 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Tue, Nov 3, 5:41 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 | Nabers | Tuten |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 15.8 | 14 |
| Half PPR | 13.1 | 12.9 |
| Standard | 10.4 | 11.8 |
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 0.2 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 standard scoring the call goes the other way: Bhayshul Tuten 11.8, Malik Nabers 10.4.
- 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 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%.