Two players, one answer.
Jeremy McNichols vs Tez Johnson
Any league · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Tez Johnson by 38% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Tez Johnson by 82% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 68% held up in 2025
Lean Tez Johnson
On Sleeper's projections, Tez Johnson is projected 4.2 points ahead of Jeremy McNichols. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 68% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
WR · TB
Tez Johnson
7.2 projected
vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
5 a game this season · last 3: 7.4, 2.7, 12.7
RB · WAS
Jeremy McNichols
3.0 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
1.3 a game this season · last 1: 1.3
What the call rests on
- Tez Johnson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 11:20 AM ET
- Jeremy McNichols: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 11:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 11:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 11:27 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 | Johnson | McNichols |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.2 | 3 |
| Half PPR | 6.1 | 2.6 |
| Standard | 5 | 2.2 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Tez Johnson plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Jeremy McNichols'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%.