Two players, one answer.
Gunnar Helm vs Marquise Brown
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 6.8 to 6.7 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Marquise Brown by 21% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Marquise Brown by 8% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Marquise Brown is projected 0.1 points ahead of Gunnar Helm. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 50% 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 · PHI
Marquise Brown
6.8 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
3.1 a game this season · last 2: 1.2, 5
TE · TEN
Gunnar Helm
6.7 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
- Marquise Brown: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 2:20 PM ET
- Gunnar Helm: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 2:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 2:30 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 2:30 PM 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 | Brown | Helm |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 6.8 | 6.7 |
| Half PPR | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| Standard | 4.2 | 3.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.1 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 Marquise Brown'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%.