Two players, one answer.
Justin Jefferson vs Tee Higgins
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 17.6 to 15.9 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Tee Higgins by 23% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Tee Higgins by 17% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 58% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Justin Jefferson is projected 1.7 points ahead of Tee Higgins. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 58% of the time. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.
WR · MIN
Justin Jefferson
17.6 projected
@ DET · Sun 1:00 PM ET
14.4 a game this season · last 3: 5.2, 18.8, 8.4
WR · CIN
Tee Higgins
15.9 projected
vs TEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
17 a game this season · last 3: 26.7, 4.2, 26.8
What the call rests on
- Justin Jefferson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 9:20 PM ET
- Tee Higgins: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 9:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 9:23 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 9:23 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 | Jefferson | Higgins |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 17.6 | 15.9 |
| Half PPR | 14.5 | 13.6 |
| Standard | 11.4 | 11.3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.7 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
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%.