Two players, one answer.
Michael Penix Jr. vs Nate Boerkircher
Any league · this week start/sit · PPR
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
Michael Penix Jr. by 26% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Michael Penix Jr. by 65% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 91% held up in 2025
Start Michael Penix Jr.
On Sleeper's projections, Michael Penix Jr. is projected 13.1 points ahead of Nate Boerkircher. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 91% of the time.
QB · ATL
Michael Penix Jr.
14.5 projected
@ TB · Sun 1:00 PM ET
17.1 a game this season · last 3: 14.4, 23.1, 20.4
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
- Michael Penix Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 7:20 AM ET
- Nate Boerkircher: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 7:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 7:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 7:27 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 | Jr. | Boerkircher |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 14.5 | 1.4 |
| Half PPR | 14.5 | 1.2 |
| Standard | 14.5 | 0.9 |
What could change it before kickoff
Nothing pending on either: both are expected to play, and the gap is wide enough that a typical projection update doesn't close it.
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%.