Two players, one answer.
Corey Kiner vs Gunnar Helm
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 5.5 to 5.1 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Gunnar Helm by 54% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Gunnar Helm by 6% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Gunnar Helm is projected 0.4 points ahead of Corey Kiner. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 52% 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
5.5 projected
@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
3.7 a game this season · last 3: 3.5, 0, 5.4
RB · NE
Corey Kiner
5.1 projected
@ MIA · Sun 4:25 PM ET
2.4 a game this season · last 3: 4.9, 5.7, 1.3
What the call rests on
- Gunnar Helm: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 3:50 PM ET
- Corey Kiner: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 3:50 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 3:52 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 | Helm | Kiner |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| Half PPR | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| Standard | 2.9 | 4.3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.4 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: Corey Kiner 4.7, Gunnar Helm 4.2.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Corey Kiner 4.3, Gunnar Helm 2.9.
- Gunnar Helm plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Corey Kiner'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%.