Two players, one answer.
Elijah Mitchell vs Mike Gesicki
Any league · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Mike Gesicki by 62% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Elijah Mitchell by 5% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 76% held up in 2025
Start Mike Gesicki
On Sleeper's projections, Mike Gesicki is projected 6.1 points ahead of Elijah Mitchell. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 76% of the time.
TE · CIN
Mike Gesicki
8.1 projected
vs TEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
11.9 a game this season · last 3: 13, 7.4, 7.6
RB · PHI
Elijah Mitchell
2.0 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
6.4 a game this season · last 1: 6.4
What the call rests on
- Mike Gesicki: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 4:40 AM ET
- Elijah Mitchell: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 4:40 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 4:45 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 4:45 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 | Gesicki | Mitchell |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 8.1 | 2 |
| Half PPR | 6.7 | 1.8 |
| Standard | 5.4 | 1.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Mike Gesicki plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Elijah Mitchell'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%.