Two players, one answer.
DJ Moore vs Tetairoa McMillan
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 12.2 to 11.8 projected (Week 8, Half PPR)
Rest of season
Tetairoa McMillan by 52% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Tetairoa McMillan by 63% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Tetairoa McMillan is projected 0.4 points ahead of DJ Moore. 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 · CAR
Tetairoa McMillan
8.8 final · 12.2 projected
@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET
12.6 a game this season · last 3: 11.6, 6, 8.8
WR · BUF
DJ Moore
11.8 projected
vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
7.6 a game this season · last 3: -0.1, 9.7, 2.2
- Tetairoa McMillan's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
- DJ Moore is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Tetairoa McMillan: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- DJ Moore: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 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 | McMillan | Moore |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 14.8 | 14 |
| Half PPR | 12.2 | 11.8 |
| Standard | 9.7 | 9.7 |
What could change it before kickoff
- DJ Moore's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Tetairoa McMillan is the start.
- 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 standard scoring the call goes the other way: DJ Moore 9.7, Tetairoa McMillan 9.7.
- Tetairoa McMillan plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before DJ Moore's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half 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%.