Two players, one answer.
Josh Cuevas vs Marquise Brown
Any league · this week start/sit · Standard
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
Josh Cuevas by 42% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Standard · 68% held up in 2025
Lean Marquise Brown
On Sleeper's projections, Marquise Brown is projected 3.1 points ahead of Josh Cuevas. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 68% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
WR · PHI
Marquise Brown
4.2 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
2.1 a game this season · last 2: 1.2, 3
TE · BAL
Josh Cuevas
— final · points pending · 1.1 projected
@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET
3.6 a game this season · last 3: 2.6, 10.4, 3.5
- Josh Cuevas's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Marquise Brown: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 5:30 PM ET
- Josh Cuevas: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 5:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 5:35 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 5:35 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, scored | Brown | Cuevas |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 6.8 | 1.8 |
| Half PPR | 5.5 | 1.4 |
| Standard | 4.2 | 1.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Josh Cuevas plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Marquise Brown's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard 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%.