Two players, one answer.
Kimani Vidal vs Pat Freiermuth
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Start Pat Freiermuth · 9.3 to 6.9 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Pat Freiermuth by 37% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Kimani Vidal by 13% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 61% held up in 2025
Lean Pat Freiermuth
On Sleeper's projections, Pat Freiermuth is projected 2.4 points ahead of Kimani Vidal. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 61% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
TE · PIT
Pat Freiermuth
9.3 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.6 a game this season · last 3: 21.5, 3.1, 4
RB · LAC
Kimani Vidal
6.9 projected
@ LAR · Sun 4:05 PM ET
6.8 a game this season · last 3: 11.6, 12.6, 7
What the call rests on
- Pat Freiermuth: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 1:30 PM ET
- Kimani Vidal: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 1:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 1:32 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Freiermuth | Vidal |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.3 | 6.9 |
| Half PPR | 7.6 | 6.1 |
| Standard | 5.8 | 5.4 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.4 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.
- Pat Freiermuth plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Kimani Vidal'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%.