Two players, one answer.
AJ Barner vs Malik Washington
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 9.4 to 8.4 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Malik Washington by 24% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Malik Washington by 34% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Malik Washington is projected 1 point ahead of AJ Barner. 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.
WR · MIA
Malik Washington
9.4 projected
vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ETQuestionable
9.5 a game this season · last 3: 12, 12.1, 6.5
TE · SEA
AJ Barner
8.4 projected
vs CHI · Mon 8:15 PM ET
6.2 a game this season · last 3: 5, 4.6, 8.6
- Malik Washington is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Malik Washington: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 3:30 PM ET
- AJ Barner: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 3:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 3:33 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 3:33 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 | Washington | Barner |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.4 | 8.4 |
| Half PPR | 7.5 | 6.8 |
| Standard | 5.7 | 5.2 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Malik Washington's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, AJ Barner is the start.
- A projection update of 1 point 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.
- Malik Washington plays first (Sun 4:25 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before AJ Barner'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%.