Two players, one answer.
Malik Nabers vs Rashee Rice
This week
Toss-up · 10.6 to 10.5 projected (Week 9, Standard)
Rest of season
Malik Nabers by 29% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
Malik Nabers by 41% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 9 · Standard · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Rashee Rice is projected 0.1 points ahead of Malik Nabers. 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 · KC
Rashee Rice
10.6 projected
vs NYJ · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.1 a game this season · last 3: 8.3, 8.8, 11.3
WR · NYG
Malik Nabers
10.5 projected
@ PHI · Sun 1:00 PM ET
10.4 a game this season · last 3: 18.1, 16.5, 11.1
What the call rests on
- Rashee Rice: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 9:40 PM ET
- Malik Nabers: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 9:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Nov 3, 9:42 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Tue, Nov 3, 9:42 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 | Nabers |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 15.8 | 15.9 |
| Half PPR | 13.2 | 13.2 |
| Standard | 10.6 | 10.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.1 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 ppr scoring the call goes the other way: Malik Nabers 15.9, Rashee Rice 15.8.
- In half-PPR scoring the call goes the other way: Malik Nabers 13.2, Rashee Rice 13.2.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard 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%.