Two players, one answer.

Deion Burks vs Tai Felton

Any league · this week start/sit · Standard

Stats through week 8 of 2026

Deion Burks · Tai Felton

Week 9 · Standard · 52% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Tai Felton is projected 0.4 points ahead of Deion Burks. 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.

WR · MIN

Tai Felton

0.9 projected

vs BUF · Mon 8:15 PM ET

1 a game this season · last 3: 1.4, 2.7, 0

WR · IND

Deion Burks

0.5 projected

vs DAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET

1.3 a game this season · last 3: 4.8, 1.1, 0.2

What the call rests on

  • Tai Felton: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 6:40 PM ET
  • Deion Burks: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 6:40 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Tue, Nov 3, 6:41 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Tue, Nov 3, 6:41 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, scoredFeltonBurks
PPR1.50.8
Half PPR1.20.6
Standard0.90.5

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.
  • Deion Burks plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Tai Felton's late news is known.

Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)

This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard 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%.