Two players, one answer.
Patrick Mahomes vs Tucker Kraft
This week
Start Patrick Mahomes · 16.9 to 10.8 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Tucker Kraft by 11% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Patrick Mahomes by 40% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 75% held up in 2025
Start Patrick Mahomes
On Sleeper's projections, Patrick Mahomes is projected 6.1 points ahead of Tucker Kraft. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 75% of the time.
QB · KC
Patrick Mahomes
16.9 projected
@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET
17.3 a game this season · last 3: 17, 11.5, 7
TE · GB
Tucker Kraft
10.8 projected
vs CAR · Thu 8:15 PM ET
10.2 a game this season · last 3: 11.6, 8.7, 14.8
- Patrick Mahomes has scored 11.8 a game over his last three, below his 17.3 season average.
What the call rests on
- Patrick Mahomes: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 3:30 PM ET
- Tucker Kraft: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 3:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 3:42 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 3:42 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 | Mahomes | Kraft |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 16.9 | 10.8 |
| Half PPR | 16.9 | 8.6 |
| Standard | 16.9 | 6.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Tucker Kraft plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Patrick Mahomes'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%.