Two players, one answer.
DJ Herman vs Marquise Brown
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
Marquise Brown by 18% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
DJ Herman by 11% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 74% held up in 2025
Start Marquise Brown
On Sleeper's projections, Marquise Brown is projected 5.8 points ahead of DJ Herman. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 74% of the time.
WR · PHI
Marquise Brown
6.8 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
3.1 a game this season · last 2: 1.2, 5
RB · MIA
DJ Herman
— final · points pending · 1.0 projected
vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ET
2.8 a game this season · last 1: 2.8
- Their games have already kicked off, so most platforms have locked them in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Marquise Brown: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 7:30 PM ET
- DJ Herman: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 7:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 7:36 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 7:36 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 | Brown | Herman |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 6.8 | 1 |
| Half PPR | 5.5 | 0.8 |
| Standard | 4.2 | 0.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- DJ Herman plays first (Sun 4:25 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Marquise Brown'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%.