Two players, one answer.
Anthony Smith vs Jonathan Ward
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Anthony Smith by 21% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Anthony Smith by 60% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Jonathan Ward and Anthony Smith are projected level. 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 · BAL
Jonathan Ward
0.0 projected
@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET
No games this season
WR · DAL
Anthony Smith
0.0 projected
vs ARI · Sun 1:00 PM ET
No games this season
What the call rests on
- Jonathan Ward: Sleeper's projection
- Anthony Smith: Sleeper's projection
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 7:14 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 7:14 AM 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.
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0 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%.