Two players, one answer.

Cam Ward vs Tanner McKee

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Half PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Cam Ward · Tanner McKee

Week 8 · Half PPR · 51% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Tanner McKee is projected 0.2 points ahead of Cam Ward. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 51% 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.

QB · PHI

Tanner McKee

13.4 projected

@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET

12.1 a game this season · last 2: 12.6, 11.5

QB · TEN

Cam Ward

13.2 projected

@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET

11.3 a game this season · last 3: 6, 7.8, 6.7

What the call rests on

  • Tanner McKee: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 4:50 PM ET
  • Cam Ward: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 4:50 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 5:01 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 5:01 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.

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 0.2 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.
  • Cam Ward plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Tanner McKee's late news is known.

Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)

This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half 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%.