Two players, one answer.

Brenton Strange vs Jakobi Meyers

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Brenton Strange · Jakobi Meyers

Week 8 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Brenton Strange is projected 1 point ahead of Jakobi Meyers. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 55% 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.

TE · JAX

Brenton Strange

10.1 projected

vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET

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

WR · JAX

Jakobi Meyers

9.1 projected

vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable

10.1 a game this season · last 3: 6.3, 5.7, 13.3

What the call rests on

  • Brenton Strange: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 PM ET
  • Jakobi Meyers: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 4:28 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 4:28 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, scoredStrangeMeyers
PPR10.19.1
Half PPR8.27.5
Standard6.36

What could change it before kickoff

  • Jakobi Meyers's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Brenton Strange is the start.
  • A projection update of 1 point 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%.