Two players, one answer.

Brandon Smith vs Coleman Owen

Any format · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Brandon Smith is projected 0.5 points ahead of Coleman Owen. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 52% 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 · PIT

Brandon Smith

0.5 projected

vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET

4.4 a game this season · last 1: 4.4

WR · GB

Coleman Owen

0.0 projected

vs CAR · Thu 8:15 PM ET

0 a game this season · last 1: 0

What the call rests on

  • Brandon Smith: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 2:50 PM ET
  • Coleman Owen: Sleeper's projection
  • Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 3:14 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
Same projections, scoredSmithOwen
PPR0.50
Half PPR0.40
Standard0.30

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 0.5 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.
  • Coleman Owen plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Brandon Smith's late news is known.

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%.