Two players, one answer.
Gardner Minshew II vs J. Michael Sturdivant
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
J. Michael Sturdivant by 7% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Gardner Minshew II by 29% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · locked
Sturdivant 2.6, II 19.5
Both games are over. A toss-up going in; Gardner Minshew II came out ahead. Week 9's call opens once every Week 8 game is in (the morning after Monday night).
WR · GB
J. Michael Sturdivant
2.6 final · 0.1 projected
vs CAR · Thu 8:15 PM ET
1.3 a game this season · last 3: 0, 0, 2.6
QB · ARI
Gardner Minshew II
19.5 final · 0.0 projected
@ DAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
19.5 a game this season · last 1: 19.5
- Their games have already kicked off, so most platforms have locked them in or out for this week.
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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%.