Two players, one answer.
Shane Buechele vs Tory Horton
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
Tory Horton by 73% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
Tory Horton by 8% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Standard · 71% held up in 2025
Start Tory Horton
On Sleeper's projections, Tory Horton is projected 4.6 points ahead of Shane Buechele. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 71% of the time.
WR · SEA
Tory Horton
4.6 projected
vs CHI · Mon 8:15 PM ET
3.2 a game this season · last 3: 6.6, 1.3, 0
QB · BUF
Shane Buechele
— final · points pending · 0.0 projected
vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
No games this season
- Shane Buechele's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Tory Horton: Sleeper's projection, last changed Mon, Nov 2, 2:30 AM ET
- Shane Buechele: Sleeper's projection
- Sleeper's projections read Mon, Nov 2, 2:38 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Mon, Nov 2, 2:38 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 | Horton | Buechele |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 6.9 | 0 |
| Half PPR | 5.7 | 0 |
| Standard | 4.6 | 0 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Shane Buechele plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Tory Horton's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
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%.