Two players, one answer.

Brock Bowers vs George Kittle

Any league · Week 9 start/sit · Standard

Stats through week 8 of 2026

Brock Bowers · George Kittle

Week 9 · Standard · 59% held up in 2025

Lean Brock Bowers

On Sleeper's projections, Brock Bowers is projected 1.5 points ahead of George Kittle. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 59% of the time. A lean, not a lock.

TE · LV

Brock Bowers

11.7 projected

@ SF · Sun 4:05 PM ET

13.8 a game this season · last 3: 7, 7.3, 21.2

TE · SF

George Kittle

10.2 projected

vs LV · Sun 4:05 PM ET

10.1 a game this season · last 3: 2.4, 12.9, 6.8

What the call rests on

  • Brock Bowers: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 5:40 PM ET
  • George Kittle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 5:40 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Tue, Nov 3, 5:41 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Tue, Nov 3, 5:41 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, scoredBowersKittle
PPR18.615.2
Half PPR15.112.7
Standard11.710.2

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 1.5 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.

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%.