Two players, one answer.
Chris Bell vs Michael Mayer
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Start Michael Mayer · 7.5 to 5.3 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Michael Mayer by 38% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Chris Bell by 19% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 60% held up in 2025
Lean Michael Mayer
On Sleeper's projections, Michael Mayer is projected 2.2 points ahead of Chris Bell. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 60% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
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
WR · MIA
Chris Bell
5.3 projected
vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ET
3.7 a game this season · last 3: 0, 2.6, 5.5
What the call rests on
- Michael Mayer: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 3:30 AM ET
- Chris Bell: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 3:30 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 3:40 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 3:40 AM 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 | Mayer | Bell |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.5 | 5.3 |
| Half PPR | 5.8 | 4.4 |
| Standard | 4.1 | 3.4 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.2 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.
- Michael Mayer plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Chris Bell'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%.