Two players, one answer.
Emmett Johnson vs Nate Boerkircher
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
About even (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Emmett Johnson by 36% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 63% held up in 2025
Lean Emmett Johnson
On Sleeper's projections, Emmett Johnson is projected 2.9 points ahead of Nate Boerkircher. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 63% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
RB · KC
Emmett Johnson
4.3 projected
@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET
4.4 a game this season · last 3: 2, 4.4, 3.7
TE · JAX
Nate Boerkircher
1.4 projected
vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET
3.4 a game this season · last 3: 2.5, 4, 8.8
What the call rests on
- Emmett Johnson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 8:20 AM ET
- Nate Boerkircher: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 8:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 8:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 8:27 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 | Johnson | Boerkircher |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 4.3 | 1.4 |
| Half PPR | 3.7 | 1.2 |
| Standard | 3.2 | 0.9 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.9 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 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%.