Two players, one answer.

Brandon Smith vs Mark Andrews

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Brandon Smith · Mark Andrews

Week 8 · PPR · 83% held up in 2025

Start Mark Andrews

On Sleeper's projections, Mark Andrews is projected 8.6 points ahead of Brandon Smith. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 83% of the time.

TE · BAL

Mark Andrews

9.1 projected

@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET

7.2 a game this season · last 3: 4.8, 1.4, 5.3

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

  • Mark Andrews: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 9:20 AM ET
  • Brandon Smith: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 9:20 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 9:25 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 9:25 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, scoredAndrewsSmith
PPR9.10.5
Half PPR7.30.4
Standard5.60.3

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%.