Two players, one answer.
Brian Thomas Jr. vs Oronde Gadsden
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 4.5 to 4.1 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Brian Thomas Jr. by 13% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Brian Thomas Jr. by 28% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Oronde Gadsden is projected 0.4 points ahead of Brian Thomas Jr.. 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.
TE · LAC
Oronde Gadsden
4.5 projected
@ LAR · Sun 4:05 PM ET
4.8 a game this season · last 3: 8.8, 0, 4.7
WR · JAX
Brian Thomas Jr.
4.1 projected
vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET
4.3 a game this season · last 3: 9.7, 0, 0
What the call rests on
- Oronde Gadsden: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 7:20 AM ET
- Brian Thomas Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 7:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 7:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 7:27 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, scored | Gadsden | Jr. |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Half PPR | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| Standard | 2.8 | 2.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.4 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.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Brian Thomas Jr. 2.8, Oronde Gadsden 2.8.
- Brian Thomas Jr. plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Oronde Gadsden'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%.