Two players, one answer.

DJ Moore vs Zay Flowers

Any league · Week 9 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026

DJ Moore · Zay Flowers

Week 9 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Zay Flowers is projected 1.2 points ahead of DJ Moore. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 55% 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 · BAL

Zay Flowers

14.2 projected

vs JAX · Thu 8:15 PM ET

17.5 a game this season · last 3: 12.7, 27.7, 0

WR · BUF

DJ Moore

13.0 projected

@ MIN · Mon 8:15 PM ETQuestionable

10.6 a game this season · last 3: 12.7, 2.7, 16.6

What the call rests on

  • Zay Flowers: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Nov 4, 1:40 PM ET
  • DJ Moore: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Nov 4, 1:40 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Wed, Nov 4, 1:51 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Wed, Nov 4, 1:51 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, scoredFlowersMoore
PPR14.213
Half PPR11.610.9
Standard8.98.9

What could change it before kickoff

  • DJ Moore's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Zay Flowers is the start.
  • A projection update of 1.2 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 8.9, Zay Flowers 8.9.
  • Zay Flowers 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 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%.