Two players, one answer.
Gunnar Helm vs Keaton Mitchell
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 5.8 to 5.6 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Keaton Mitchell by 8% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Keaton Mitchell by 12% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Keaton Mitchell is projected 0.2 points ahead of Gunnar Helm. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 51% 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.
RB · LAC
Keaton Mitchell
5.8 projected
@ LAR · Sun 4:05 PM ET
6.2 a game this season · last 3: 11.3, 5.9, 0.4
TE · TEN
Gunnar Helm
5.6 projected
@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
3.7 a game this season · last 3: 3.5, 0, 5.4
What the call rests on
- Keaton Mitchell: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 5:50 AM ET
- Gunnar Helm: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 5:50 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 5:50 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 5:50 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 | Mitchell | Helm |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| Half PPR | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| Standard | 4.6 | 3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.2 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.
- Gunnar Helm plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Keaton Mitchell'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%.