Two players, one answer.
Eli Stowers vs Tyler Higbee
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
Tyler Higbee by 20% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Eli Stowers by 69% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 81% held up in 2025
Start Tyler Higbee
On Sleeper's projections, Tyler Higbee is projected 7.4 points ahead of Eli Stowers. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 81% of the time.
TE · LAR
Tyler Higbee
8.4 projected
vs LAC · Sun 4:05 PM ET
9 a game this season · last 3: 13.3, 4.2, 3.4
TE · PHI
Eli Stowers
1.0 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
0 a game this season · last 1: 0
What the call rests on
- Tyler Higbee: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- Eli Stowers: 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 | Higbee | Stowers |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 8.4 | 1 |
| Half PPR | 6.8 | 0.8 |
| Standard | 5.1 | 0.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Tyler Higbee plays first (Sun 4:05 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%.