Two players, one answer.
Brandon Smith vs Cam Ward
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Cam Ward by 29% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Cam Ward by 59% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 91% held up in 2025
Start Cam Ward
On Sleeper's projections, Cam Ward is projected 13.7 points ahead of Brandon Smith. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 91% of the time.
QB · TEN
Cam Ward
14.2 projected
@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
11.3 a game this season · last 3: 6, 7.8, 6.7
WR · PIT
Brandon Smith
0.5 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
4.4 a game this season · last 1: 4.4
What the call rests on
- Cam Ward: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 6:00 PM ET
- Brandon Smith: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 6:00 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 6:07 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 6:07 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 | Ward | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 14.2 | 0.5 |
| Half PPR | 14.2 | 0.4 |
| Standard | 14.2 | 0.3 |
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%.