Two players, one answer.
Chig Okonkwo vs Michael Mayer
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 7.5 to 7.2 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Michael Mayer by 15% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Michael Mayer by 28% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Michael Mayer is projected 0.3 points ahead of Chig Okonkwo. 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.
TE · LV
Michael Mayer
7.5 projected
@ NYJ · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.5 a game this season · last 3: 1.2, 16.5, 6.2
TE · WAS
Chig Okonkwo
7.2 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
7.5 a game this season · last 3: 2.5, 10, 13.9
What the call rests on
- Michael Mayer: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 2:40 PM ET
- Chig Okonkwo: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 2:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 2:56 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 | Mayer | Okonkwo |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.5 | 7.2 |
| Half PPR | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| Standard | 4.1 | 4.3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.3 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.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Chig Okonkwo 4.3, Michael Mayer 4.1.
- Michael Mayer plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Chig Okonkwo'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%.