Two players, one answer.
Luther Burden III vs Rashee Rice
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 10.9 to 10.1 projected (Week 8, Half PPR)
Rest of season
Rashee Rice by 32% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 54% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Rashee Rice is projected 0.8 points ahead of Luther Burden III. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 54% 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 · KC
Rashee Rice
10.9 projected
@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET
10.5 a game this season · last 3: 8.9, 10.3, 12.3
WR · CHI
Luther Burden III
10.1 projected
@ SEA · Mon 8:15 PM ET
11.4 a game this season · last 3: 6.9, 13.5, 21.7
- Rashee Rice's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Rashee Rice: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 5:30 PM ET
- Luther Burden III: 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 | Rice | III |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 13.2 | 12.4 |
| Half PPR | 10.9 | 10.1 |
| Standard | 8.6 | 7.7 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.8 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.
- Rashee Rice plays first (Sun 4:25 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Luther Burden III's late news is known.
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This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half 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%.