Two players, one answer.
Evan Engram vs Troy Franklin
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Evan Engram by 44% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Troy Franklin by 74% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 57% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Evan Engram is projected 1.4 points ahead of Troy Franklin. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 57% of the time. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.
TE · DEN
Evan Engram
4.8 projected
vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ET
4.7 a game this season · last 3: 9.5, 3.3, 1.2
WR · DEN
Troy Franklin
3.4 projected
vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ET
2 a game this season · last 3: 3.6, 1.2, 0
What the call rests on
- Evan Engram: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 12:30 AM ET
- Troy Franklin: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 12:30 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 12:39 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 12:39 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 | Engram | Franklin |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 4.8 | 3.4 |
| Half PPR | 3.8 | 2.8 |
| Standard | 2.8 | 2.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.4 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.
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%.