Two players, one answer.

Pierre Strong Jr. vs Tyler Conklin

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Pierre Strong Jr. · Tyler Conklin

Week 8 · PPR · 53% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Pierre Strong Jr. is projected 0.6 points ahead of Tyler Conklin. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 53% 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.

RB · GB

Pierre Strong Jr.

0.2 final · 0.7 projected

vs CAR · Thu 8:15 PM ET

5.6 a game this season · last 3: 4.8, 11.7, 0.2

TE · DET

Tyler Conklin

0.1 projected

vs MIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET

1.4 a game this season · last 1: 1.4

What the call rests on

  • Pierre Strong Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 1:20 AM ET
  • Tyler Conklin: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 1:20 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 1:29 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 1:29 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, scoredJr.Conklin
PPR0.70.1
Half PPR0.70.1
Standard0.60

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 0.6 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.
  • Pierre Strong Jr. plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Tyler Conklin'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%.