Two players, one answer.

Isaiah Likely vs Tucker Kraft

Any league · Week 9 start/sit · Half PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026

Isaiah Likely · Tucker Kraft

Week 9 · Half PPR · 50% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Isaiah Likely and Tucker Kraft are projected level. 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 · NYG

Isaiah Likely

9.4 projected

@ PHI · Sun 1:00 PM ET

13.1 a game this season · last 3: 26.9, 20.9, 2.2

TE · GB

Tucker Kraft

9.4 projected

@ NE · Sun 4:25 PM ET

8.9 a game this season · last 3: 6.2, 12.8, 14.3

What the call rests on

  • Isaiah Likely: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Nov 4, 3:50 PM ET
  • Tucker Kraft: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Nov 4, 3:50 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Wed, Nov 4, 3:54 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Wed, Nov 4, 3:54 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, scoredLikelyKraft
PPR11.511.9
Half PPR9.49.4
Standard7.46.9

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 0 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.
  • Isaiah Likely plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Tucker Kraft's late news is known.

Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)

This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half 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%.