Two players, one answer.
James Cook III vs Zay Flowers
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Start Zay Flowers · 18.4 to 16.1 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
James Cook III by 26% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Zay Flowers by 18% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 60% held up in 2025
Lean Zay Flowers
On Sleeper's projections, Zay Flowers is projected 2.3 points ahead of James Cook III. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 60% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
WR · BAL
Zay Flowers
18.4 projected
@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET
20.4 a game this season · last 3: 14.6, 12.7, 27.7
RB · BUF
James Cook III
16.1 projected
vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
18.9 a game this season · last 3: 16.3, 22.8, 24.3
What the call rests on
- Zay Flowers: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 10:10 AM ET
- James Cook III: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 10:10 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 10:20 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 10:20 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 | Flowers | III |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 18.4 | 16.1 |
| Half PPR | 15.6 | 15.3 |
| Standard | 12.7 | 14.4 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.3 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.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: James Cook III 14.4, Zay Flowers 12.7.
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%.