Two players, one answer.
George Pickens vs Ollie Gordon II
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 14.5 to 12.9 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
George Pickens by 43% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
George Pickens by 26% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 57% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, George Pickens is projected 1.6 points ahead of Ollie Gordon II. 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.
WR · DAL
George Pickens
14.5 projected
vs ARI · Sun 1:00 PM ET
13.9 a game this season · last 3: 28, 13.3, 15.7
RB · MIA
Ollie Gordon II
12.9 projected
vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ET
13.1 a game this season · last 3: 18, 14.8, 17.3
- George Pickens has scored 19 a game over his last three, above his 13.9 season average.
What the call rests on
- George Pickens: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 2:30 AM ET
- Ollie Gordon II: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 2:30 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 2:40 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 2:40 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 | Pickens | II |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 14.5 | 12.9 |
| Half PPR | 12.2 | 12.1 |
| Standard | 9.9 | 11.3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.6 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.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Ollie Gordon II 11.3, George Pickens 9.9.
- George Pickens plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Ollie Gordon II'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%.