Two players, one answer.
Bryce Young vs Tee Higgins
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Start Bryce Young · 18.1 to 16.1 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Tee Higgins by 72% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Tee Higgins by 23% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 59% held up in 2025
Lean Bryce Young
On Sleeper's projections, Bryce Young is projected 2 points ahead of Tee Higgins. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 59% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
QB · CAR
Bryce Young
18.1 projected
@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET
20 a game this season · last 3: 21.5, 19.8, 7.4
WR · CIN
Tee Higgins
16.1 projected
vs TEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
17 a game this season · last 3: 26.7, 4.2, 26.8
What the call rests on
- Bryce Young: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 8:50 PM ET
- Tee Higgins: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 8:50 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 9:00 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Tue, Oct 27, 9:00 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 | Young | Higgins |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 18.1 | 16.1 |
| Half PPR | 18.1 | 13.6 |
| Standard | 18.1 | 11.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2 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.
- Bryce Young plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Tee Higgins'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%.