Two players, one answer.

Troy Franklin vs Will Kacmarek

Any format · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 60% held up in 2025

Lean Troy Franklin

On Sleeper's projections, Troy Franklin is projected 2.2 points ahead of Will Kacmarek. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 60% of the time. A lean, not a lock.

WR · DEN

Troy Franklin

3.5 projected

vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ET

2 a game this season · last 3: 3.6, 1.2, 0

TE · MIA

Will Kacmarek

1.3 projected

vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ET

1.4 a game this season · last 3: 1.4, 2.5, 1.5

What the call rests on

  • Troy Franklin: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 2:00 PM ET
  • Will Kacmarek: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 2:00 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 2:07 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
Same projections, scoredFranklinKacmarek
PPR3.51.3
Half PPR2.81
Standard2.20.7

What could change it before kickoff

  • 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.

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%.