Two players, one answer.
Chris Rodriguez Jr. vs Gunnar Helm
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 6.7 to 6.1 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Gunnar Helm by 16% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Gunnar Helm by 23% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 53% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Gunnar Helm is projected 0.6 points ahead of Chris Rodriguez Jr.. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 53% 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 · TEN
Gunnar Helm
6.7 projected
@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
3.7 a game this season · last 3: 3.5, 0, 5.4
RB · JAX
Chris Rodriguez Jr.
6.1 projected
vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET
5.1 a game this season · last 3: 9.5, 2.1, 5.5
What the call rests on
- Gunnar Helm: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- Chris Rodriguez Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 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 | Helm | Jr. |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 6.7 | 6.1 |
| Half PPR | 5.1 | 5.9 |
| Standard | 3.5 | 5.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.6 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 half-PPR scoring the call goes the other way: Chris Rodriguez Jr. 5.9, Gunnar Helm 5.1.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Chris Rodriguez Jr. 5.6, Gunnar Helm 3.5.
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%.