Two players, one answer.

Andrew Armstrong vs Malik McClain

Any format · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 54% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Andrew Armstrong is projected 1 point ahead of Malik McClain. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 54% 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 · KC

Andrew Armstrong

1.0 projected

@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET

1.8 a game this season · last 2: 2.3, 1.3

WR · NYJ

Malik McClain

0.0 projected

vs LV · Sun 1:00 PM ET

0 a game this season · last 1: 0

What the call rests on

  • Andrew Armstrong: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 5:40 PM ET
  • Malik McClain: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 5:40 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 5:50 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, scoredArmstrongMcClain
PPR10
Half PPR0.80
Standard0.60

What could change it before kickoff

  • 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 McClain plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Andrew Armstrong'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%.