Two players, one answer.

Josh Cuevas vs Marquise Brown

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Josh Cuevas · Marquise Brown

Week 8 · PPR · 72% held up in 2025

Start Marquise Brown

On Sleeper's projections, Marquise Brown is projected 5 points ahead of Josh Cuevas. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 72% of the time.

WR · PHI

Marquise Brown

6.8 projected

@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET

3.1 a game this season · last 2: 1.2, 5

TE · BAL

Josh Cuevas

— final · points pending · 1.8 projected

@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET

5.4 a game this season · last 3: 4.6, 14.4, 5.5

What the call rests on

  • Marquise Brown: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 6:30 PM ET
  • Josh Cuevas: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 6:30 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 6:36 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 6:36 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, scoredBrownCuevas
PPR6.81.8
Half PPR5.51.4
Standard4.21.1

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 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%.