Two players, one answer.

Marquise Brown vs Nate Boerkircher

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Marquise Brown · Nate Boerkircher

Week 8 · PPR · 73% held up in 2025

Start Marquise Brown

On Sleeper's projections, Marquise Brown is projected 5.3 points ahead of Nate Boerkircher. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 73% of the time.

WR · PHI

Marquise Brown

6.7 projected

@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET

3.1 a game this season · last 2: 1.2, 5

TE · JAX

Nate Boerkircher

1.4 projected

vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET

3.4 a game this season · last 3: 2.5, 4, 8.8

What the call rests on

  • Marquise Brown: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 12:20 PM ET
  • Nate Boerkircher: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 12:20 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 12:27 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 12:27 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, scoredBrownBoerkircher
PPR6.71.4
Half PPR5.51.2
Standard4.20.9

What could change it before kickoff

  • Nate Boerkircher plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Marquise Brown'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%.