Two players, one answer.
Makai Lemon vs Tyler Higbee
This week
Toss-up · 8.4 to 8.2 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Makai Lemon by 8% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Makai Lemon by 85% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Tyler Higbee is projected 0.2 points ahead of Makai Lemon. 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.
TE · LAR
Tyler Higbee
8.4 projected
vs LAC · Sun 4:05 PM ET
9 a game this season · last 3: 13.3, 4.2, 3.4
WR · PHI
Makai Lemon
8.2 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
- Tyler Higbee: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 1:30 AM ET
- Makai Lemon: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 1:30 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 1:34 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 1:34 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 | Higbee | Lemon |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 8.4 | 8.2 |
| Half PPR | 6.8 | 6.4 |
| Standard | 5.1 | 4.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.2 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.
- Tyler Higbee plays first (Sun 4:05 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%.