Two players, one answer.
Eli Stowers vs Michael Mayer
Any league · this week start/sit · Standard
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
Eli Stowers by 23% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
Eli Stowers by 4% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Standard · 71% held up in 2025
Start Michael Mayer
On Sleeper's projections, Michael Mayer is projected 3.5 points ahead of Eli Stowers. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 71% of the time.
TE · LV
Michael Mayer
— final · points pending · 4.1 projected
@ NYJ · Sun 1:00 PM ET
5.1 a game this season · last 3: 0.2, 9.5, 3.2
TE · PHI
Eli Stowers
0.6 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
0 a game this season · last 1: 0
- Their games have already kicked off, so most platforms have locked them in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Michael Mayer: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 9:30 PM ET
- Eli Stowers: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 9:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 9:36 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 9:36 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 | Mayer | Stowers |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.5 | 1 |
| Half PPR | 5.8 | 0.8 |
| Standard | 4.1 | 0.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Michael Mayer plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Eli Stowers'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%.