Two players, one answer.
Carnell Tate vs Tee Higgins
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Start Tee Higgins · 16.1 to 13.6 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Tee Higgins by 44% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 61% held up in 2025
Lean Tee Higgins
On Sleeper's projections, Tee Higgins is projected 2.5 points ahead of Carnell Tate. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 61% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
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
WR · TEN
Carnell Tate
13.6 projected
@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
11 a game this season · last 3: 1.6, 19, 9.9
What the call rests on
- Tee Higgins: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 7:50 PM ET
- Carnell Tate: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 7:50 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 7:55 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Higgins | Tate |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 16.1 | 13.6 |
| Half PPR | 13.6 | 10.9 |
| Standard | 11.1 | 8.3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.5 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 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%.