Two players, one answer.
Cole Payton vs Ty Johnson
Any league · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Ty Johnson by 66% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Cole Payton by 49% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 72% held up in 2025
Start Ty Johnson
On Sleeper's projections, Ty Johnson is projected 5.3 points ahead of Cole Payton. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 72% of the time.
RB · BUF
Ty Johnson
5.3 projected
vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
7 a game this season · last 3: 3.2, 11.2, 4.7
QB · PHI
Cole Payton
0.0 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
No games this season
What the call rests on
- Ty Johnson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM ET
- Cole Payton: Sleeper's projection
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 6:02 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 6:02 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.
| Same projections, scored | Johnson | Payton |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 5.3 | 0 |
| Half PPR | 4.6 | 0 |
| Standard | 3.8 | 0 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Ty Johnson plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Cole Payton'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%.