Two players, one answer.
Michael Mayer vs Pat Freiermuth
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Start Pat Freiermuth · 9.3 to 7.5 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Pat Freiermuth by 19% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Michael Mayer by 9% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 59% held up in 2025
Lean Pat Freiermuth
On Sleeper's projections, Pat Freiermuth is projected 1.8 points ahead of Michael Mayer. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 59% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
TE · PIT
Pat Freiermuth
9.3 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.6 a game this season · last 3: 21.5, 3.1, 4
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
What the call rests on
- Pat Freiermuth: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 10:00 PM ET
- Michael Mayer: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 10:00 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 10:03 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Tue, Oct 27, 10:03 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 | Freiermuth | Mayer |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.3 | 7.5 |
| Half PPR | 7.6 | 5.8 |
| Standard | 5.8 | 4.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.8 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.
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%.