Two players, one answer.
Jake Ferguson vs Tyler Higbee
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 9.7 to 8.4 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Tyler Higbee by 6% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Jake Ferguson by 66% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 56% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Jake Ferguson is projected 1.3 points ahead of Tyler Higbee. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 56% 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.
TE · DAL
Jake Ferguson
9.7 projected
vs ARI · Sun 1:00 PM ET
6.4 a game this season · last 3: 4.9, 3.3, 0
TE · LAR
Tyler Higbee
8.4 projected
vs LAC · Sun 4:05 PM ET
9 a game this season · last 3: 13.3, 4.2, 3.4
What the call rests on
- Jake Ferguson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 11:30 AM ET
- Tyler Higbee: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 11:30 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 11:31 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 11:31 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 | Ferguson | Higbee |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.7 | 8.4 |
| Half PPR | 8 | 6.8 |
| Standard | 6.2 | 5.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.3 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.
- Jake Ferguson plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Tyler Higbee'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%.