Two players, one answer.
Brian Thomas Jr. vs Rome Odunze
Any league · this week start/sit · Standard
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Brian Thomas Jr. by 4% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
Rome Odunze by 9% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Standard · 70% held up in 2025
Start Rome Odunze
On Sleeper's projections, Rome Odunze is projected 3.7 points ahead of Brian Thomas Jr.. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 70% of the time.
WR · CHI
Rome Odunze
6.5 projected
@ SEA · Mon 8:15 PM ET
5.2 a game this season · last 3: 2, 3.9, 6.9
WR · JAX
Brian Thomas Jr.
— final · points pending · 2.8 projected
vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET
2.8 a game this season · last 3: 7.7, 0, 0
- Brian Thomas Jr.'s game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Rome Odunze: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 9:30 PM ET
- Brian Thomas Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 9:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 9:36 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 9:36 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, scored | Odunze | Jr. |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 10 | 4.1 |
| Half PPR | 8.3 | 3.4 |
| Standard | 6.5 | 2.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Brian Thomas Jr. plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Rome Odunze's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard 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%.