Two players, one answer.
Rashee Rice vs Tetairoa McMillan
This week
Start Tetairoa McMillan · 14.8 to 12.6 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Tetairoa McMillan by 12% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Tetairoa McMillan by 25% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 60% held up in 2025
Lean Tetairoa McMillan
On Sleeper's projections, Tetairoa McMillan is projected 2.2 points ahead of Rashee Rice. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 60% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
WR · CAR
Tetairoa McMillan
14.8 projected
@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET
16.2 a game this season · last 3: 45.2, 14.6, 8
WR · KC
Rashee Rice
12.6 projected
@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ETQuestionable
12.7 a game this season · last 3: 9.9, 12.3, 15.8
- Tetairoa McMillan has scored 22.6 a game over his last three, above his 16.2 season average.
- Rashee Rice is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Tetairoa McMillan: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 2:10 PM ET
- Rashee Rice: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 2:10 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 2:14 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 2:14 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 | McMillan | Rice |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 14.8 | 12.6 |
| Half PPR | 12.2 | 10.4 |
| Standard | 9.7 | 8.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Rashee Rice's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Tetairoa McMillan is the start.
- A projection update of 2.2 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.
- Tetairoa McMillan plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Rashee Rice'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%.