Two players, one answer.
Makai Lemon vs Mason Taylor
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 9.6 to 8 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Makai Lemon by 9% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Makai Lemon by 29% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 57% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Makai Lemon is projected 1.6 points ahead of Mason Taylor. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 57% 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 · PHI
Makai Lemon
9.6 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
7.1 a game this season · last 3: 9.3, 4.9, 19.7
TE · NYJ
Mason Taylor
8.0 projected
vs LV · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.9 a game this season · last 3: 5.4, 7.3, 25.2
What the call rests on
- Makai Lemon: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- Mason Taylor: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 AM 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 | Lemon | Taylor |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.6 | 8 |
| Half PPR | 7.5 | 6.2 |
| Standard | 5.3 | 4.4 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.6 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.
- Mason Taylor plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Makai Lemon'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%.