Two players, one answer.
Aaron Jones Sr. vs Saquon Barkley
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 10.9 to 9.8 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Saquon Barkley by 3% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Saquon Barkley by 36% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Saquon Barkley is projected 1.1 points ahead of Aaron Jones Sr.. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 55% 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.
RB · PHI
Saquon Barkley
10.9 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ETQuestionable
7.6 a game this season · last 3: 9, 2, 15.1
RB · MIN
Aaron Jones Sr.
9.8 projected
@ DET · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
12.3 a game this season · last 3: 16.8, 18.7, 3.6
- Saquon Barkley is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
- Aaron Jones Sr. is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Saquon Barkley: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 12:30 PM ET
- Aaron Jones Sr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 12:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 12:33 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 12:33 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 | Barkley | Sr. |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 10.9 | 9.8 |
| Half PPR | 10.2 | 8.7 |
| Standard | 9.6 | 7.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Saquon Barkley's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Aaron Jones Sr. is the start.
- Aaron Jones Sr.'s status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Saquon Barkley is the start.
- A projection update of 1.1 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.
- Aaron Jones Sr. plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Saquon Barkley's late news is known.
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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%.