Two players, one answer.
Makai Lemon vs Tyjae Spears
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 7.8 to 7.5 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Makai Lemon by 62% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Makai Lemon by 60% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Makai Lemon is projected 0.3 points ahead of Tyjae Spears. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 51% 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
7.8 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
7.1 a game this season · last 3: 9.3, 4.9, 19.7
RB · TEN
Tyjae Spears
7.5 projected
@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
4.5 a game this season · last 3: 1.6, 9.8, 1.8
- Tyjae Spears is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Makai Lemon: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 12:30 PM ET
- Tyjae Spears: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 12:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 12:33 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 12:33 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 | Lemon | Spears |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.8 | 7.5 |
| Half PPR | 6.1 | 6.4 |
| Standard | 4.3 | 5.2 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Tyjae Spears's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Makai Lemon is the start.
- A projection update of 0.3 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.
- In half-PPR scoring the call goes the other way: Tyjae Spears 6.4, Makai Lemon 6.1.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Tyjae Spears 5.2, Makai Lemon 4.3.
- Tyjae Spears 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%.