Two players, one answer.

Brenton Strange vs Jacoby Brissett

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 82% held up in 2025

Start Jacoby Brissett

On Sleeper's projections, Jacoby Brissett is projected 8.3 points ahead of Brenton Strange. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 82% of the time.

QB · ARI

Jacoby Brissett

18.8 projected

@ DAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET

16.2 a game this season · last 3: 26.3, 7.9, 16.5

TE · JAX

Brenton Strange

10.5 projected

vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET

10 a game this season · last 3: 16.5, 13.8, 9.4

What the call rests on

  • Jacoby Brissett: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 10:00 PM ET
  • Brenton Strange: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 10:00 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 10:03 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Tue, Oct 27, 10:03 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, scoredBrissettStrange
PPR18.810.5
Half PPR18.88.5
Standard18.86.5

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%.