Two players, one answer.
Tez Johnson vs Troy Franklin
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
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About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Tez Johnson is projected 0.5 points ahead of Troy Franklin. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 52% 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.
WR · TB
Tez Johnson
3.9 projected
vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
5 a game this season · last 3: 7.4, 2.7, 12.7
WR · DEN
Troy Franklin
3.4 projected
vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ET
2 a game this season · last 3: 3.6, 1.2, 0
What the call rests on
- Tez Johnson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 5:10 PM ET
- Troy Franklin: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 5:10 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 5:19 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 5:19 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 | Johnson | Franklin |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| Half PPR | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| Standard | 2.7 | 2.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.5 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.
- Tez Johnson plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Troy Franklin'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%.