Two players, one answer.

Jeremy Ruckert vs Jonathon Brooks

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Jeremy Ruckert · Jonathon Brooks

Week 8 · PPR

Start Jeremy Ruckert

Jonathon Brooks isn't expected to play.

TE · NYJ

Jeremy Ruckert

1.2 projected

vs LV · Sun 1:00 PM ET

4.7 a game this season · last 3: 2.5, 14.9, 0

RB · CAR

Jonathon Brooks

— final · points pending · 0.0 projected

@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ETIR

4.7 a game this season · last 2: 7.2, 2.1

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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%.