Two players, one answer.

Michael Penix Jr. vs Nate Boerkircher

Any league · this week start/sit · Standard

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Nate Boerkircher by 51% (Redraft standard)
Dynasty
Michael Penix Jr. by 59% (Dynasty Superflex)

Week 8 · locked

Jr. 2.1, Boerkircher 9.1

Both games are over. The call was Michael Penix Jr.; Nate Boerkircher outscored him. Week 9's call opens once every Week 8 game is in (the morning after Monday night).

Rest of season Dynasty This week's other close calls

QB · ATL

Michael Penix Jr.

2.1 final · 14.4 projected

@ TB · Sun 1:00 PM ET

14.6 a game this season · last 3: 23.1, 20.4, 2.1

TE · JAX

Nate Boerkircher

9.1 final · 0.9 projected

vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET

3.4 a game this season · last 3: 2, 6.8, 9.1

Their games have already kicked off, so most platforms have locked them in or out for this week.

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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%.