Two players, one answer.
Emmett Johnson vs Nate Boerkircher
Any league · this week start/sit · Half 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
Nate Boerkircher by 14% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Emmett Johnson by 36% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 64% held up in 2025
Lean Emmett Johnson
On Sleeper's projections, Emmett Johnson is projected 2.7 points ahead of Nate Boerkircher. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 64% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
RB · KC
Emmett Johnson
3.9 projected
@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET
3.6 a game this season · last 3: 1.5, 3.4, 2.7
TE · JAX
Nate Boerkircher
— final · points pending · 1.2 projected
vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET
2.8 a game this season · last 3: 2, 3, 7.8
- Their games have already kicked off, so most platforms have locked them in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Emmett Johnson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 7:30 PM ET
- Nate Boerkircher: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 7:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 7:36 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 7:36 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 | Johnson | Boerkircher |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 4.4 | 1.4 |
| Half PPR | 3.9 | 1.2 |
| Standard | 3.3 | 0.9 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.7 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.
- Nate Boerkircher plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Emmett Johnson's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half 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%.