Two players, one answer.
Eli Stowers vs Michael Penix Jr.
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
Eli Stowers by 9% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Michael Penix Jr. by 53% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 92% held up in 2025
Start Michael Penix Jr.
On Sleeper's projections, Michael Penix Jr. is projected 13.4 points ahead of Eli Stowers. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 92% of the time.
QB · ATL
Michael Penix Jr.
— final · points pending · 14.4 projected
@ TB · Sun 1:00 PM ET
17.1 a game this season · last 3: 14.4, 23.1, 20.4
TE · PHI
Eli Stowers
1.0 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 Penix Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 11:30 PM ET
- Eli Stowers: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 11:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 11:37 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 11:37 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 | Jr. | Stowers |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 14.4 | 1 |
| Half PPR | 14.4 | 0.8 |
| Standard | 14.4 | 0.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Michael Penix Jr. 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 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%.