Two players, one answer.
Jalen Tolbert vs Tanner McKee
Any league · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Jalen Tolbert by 32% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Tanner McKee by 37% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 90% held up in 2025
Start Tanner McKee
On Sleeper's projections, Tanner McKee is projected 12.5 points ahead of Jalen Tolbert. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 90% of the time.
QB · PHI
Tanner McKee
13.3 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
12.1 a game this season · last 2: 12.6, 11.5
WR · MIA
Jalen Tolbert
0.8 projected
vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ET
1.6 a game this season · last 2: 0, 3.2
What the call rests on
- Tanner McKee: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 8:00 AM ET
- Jalen Tolbert: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 8:00 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 8:09 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 8:09 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 | McKee | Tolbert |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 13.3 | 0.8 |
| Half PPR | 13.3 | 0.6 |
| Standard | 13.3 | 0.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Jalen Tolbert plays first (Sun 4:25 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Tanner McKee'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%.