Two players, one answer.
Courtland Sutton vs Pat Freiermuth
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 9.3 to 7.7 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Courtland Sutton by 15% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Courtland Sutton by 8% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 57% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Pat Freiermuth is projected 1.6 points ahead of Courtland Sutton. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 57% 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 · PIT
Pat Freiermuth
9.3 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.6 a game this season · last 3: 21.5, 3.1, 4
WR · DEN
Courtland Sutton
7.7 projected
vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ET
5.5 a game this season · last 3: 9.8, 3.9, 7.5
What the call rests on
- Pat Freiermuth: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 10:20 AM ET
- Courtland Sutton: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 10:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 10:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 10:27 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 | Freiermuth | Sutton |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.3 | 7.7 |
| Half PPR | 7.6 | 6.2 |
| Standard | 5.8 | 4.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.6 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.
- Pat Freiermuth plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Courtland Sutton'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%.