Two players, one answer.
Connor Heyward vs Evan Engram
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
Evan Engram by 88% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Connor Heyward by 13% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 69% held up in 2025
Lean Evan Engram
On Sleeper's projections, Evan Engram is projected 4.2 points ahead of Connor Heyward. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 69% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
TE · DEN
Evan Engram
4.8 projected
vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ET
4.7 a game this season · last 3: 9.5, 3.3, 1.2
RB · LV
Connor Heyward
0.6 projected
@ NYJ · Sun 1:00 PM ET
1 a game this season · last 3: 0.1, 1.5, 2.3
What the call rests on
- Evan Engram: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 2:10 AM ET
- Connor Heyward: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 2:10 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 2:11 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 2:11 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 | Engram | Heyward |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 4.8 | 0.6 |
| Half PPR | 3.8 | 0.5 |
| Standard | 2.8 | 0.4 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Connor Heyward plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Evan Engram'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%.