Two players, one answer.
Brandon Smith vs Elijah Higgins
Any format · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Elijah Higgins by 26% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Brandon Smith by 27% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 58% held up in 2025
Lean Elijah Higgins
On Sleeper's projections, Elijah Higgins is projected 1.8 points ahead of Brandon Smith. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 58% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
TE · ARI
Elijah Higgins
2.3 projected
@ DAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
5.7 a game this season · last 3: 8.7, 5.8, 4.7
WR · PIT
Brandon Smith
0.5 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
2.2 a game this season · last 2: 0, 4.4
What the call rests on
- Elijah Higgins: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 1:30 PM ET
- Brandon Smith: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 1:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 1:32 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, scored | Higgins | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 2.3 | 0.5 |
| Half PPR | 1.8 | 0.4 |
| Standard | 1.3 | 0.3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.8 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.
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%.