Two players, one answer.

Joe Burrow vs Travis Kelce

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Joe Burrow · Travis Kelce

Week 8 · PPR · 87% held up in 2025

Start Joe Burrow

On Sleeper's projections, Joe Burrow is projected 10.8 points ahead of Travis Kelce. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 87% of the time.

QB · CIN

Joe Burrow

22.3 projected

vs TEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET

22.2 a game this season · last 3: 25.7, 24.6, 28.9

TE · KC

Travis Kelce

11.5 projected

@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET

11.7 a game this season · last 3: 3.5, 9.3, 8.4

What the call rests on

  • Joe Burrow: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 4:50 PM ET
  • Travis Kelce: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 4:50 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 5:01 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 5:01 PM 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, scoredBurrowKelce
PPR22.311.5
Half PPR22.39.3
Standard22.37.1

What could change it before kickoff

  • Joe Burrow plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Travis Kelce'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%.