Two players, one answer.

Tetairoa McMillan vs Zay Flowers

Any league · Week 9 start/sit · Half PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026

Tetairoa McMillan · Zay Flowers

Week 9 · Half PPR · 50% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Zay Flowers and Tetairoa McMillan are projected level. 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.

WR · BAL

Zay Flowers

11.3 projected

vs JAX · Thu 8:15 PM ET

14.6 a game this season · last 3: 9.7, 23.7, 0

WR · CAR

Tetairoa McMillan

11.3 projected

vs DEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET

12.6 a game this season · last 3: 11.6, 6, 8.8

What the call rests on

  • Zay Flowers: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 8:30 PM ET
  • Tetairoa McMillan: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 8:30 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Tue, Nov 3, 8:41 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Tue, Nov 3, 8:41 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, scoredFlowersMcMillan
PPR1413.8
Half PPR11.311.3
Standard8.68.9

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 0 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.
  • Zay Flowers plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Tetairoa McMillan's late news is known.

Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)

This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half 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%.