Two players, one answer.

Makai Lemon vs Ryan Flournoy

Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 54% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Ryan Flournoy is projected 1 point ahead of Makai Lemon. 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 · DAL

Ryan Flournoy

8.8 projected

vs ARI · Sun 1:00 PM ET

9.1 a game this season · last 3: 12, 17, 11

WR · PHI

Makai Lemon

7.8 projected

@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET

7.1 a game this season · last 3: 9.3, 4.9, 19.7

What the call rests on

  • Ryan Flournoy: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 12:30 PM ET
  • Makai Lemon: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 12:30 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 12:41 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, scoredFlournoyLemon
PPR8.87.8
Half PPR7.26.1
Standard5.74.4

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 1 point 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.
  • Ryan Flournoy 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%.