Two players, one answer.
MarShawn Lloyd vs Michael Mayer
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 7.5 to 6.6 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Michael Mayer by 38% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 54% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Michael Mayer is projected 0.9 points ahead of MarShawn Lloyd. 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.
TE · LV
Michael Mayer
7.5 projected
@ NYJ · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.5 a game this season · last 3: 1.2, 16.5, 6.2
RB · GB
MarShawn Lloyd
2.6 final · 6.6 projected
vs CAR · Thu 8:15 PM ET
6.5 a game this season · last 3: 1, 5.5, 2.6
- MarShawn Lloyd's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Michael Mayer: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- MarShawn Lloyd: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 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 | Mayer | Lloyd |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.5 | 6.6 |
| Half PPR | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| Standard | 4.1 | 5.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.9 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: MarShawn Lloyd 6.1, Michael Mayer 5.8.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: MarShawn Lloyd 5.5, Michael Mayer 4.1.
- MarShawn Lloyd plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Michael Mayer'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%.