Two players, one answer.
Antonio Williams vs Rico Dowdle
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 8.8 to 7.2 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Rico Dowdle by 43% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Antonio Williams by 29% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 57% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Rico Dowdle is projected 1.6 points ahead of Antonio Williams. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 57% 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 · PIT
Rico Dowdle
8.8 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
8.3 a game this season · last 3: 6.4, 7.9, 14.6
WR · WAS
Antonio Williams
7.2 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
7.4 a game this season · last 3: 5.1, 6.1, 8
What the call rests on
- Rico Dowdle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 1:30 PM ET
- Antonio Williams: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 1:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 1:32 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, scored | Dowdle | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 8.8 | 7.2 |
| Half PPR | 8 | 5.9 |
| Standard | 7.1 | 4.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.6 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.
- Rico Dowdle plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Antonio Williams'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%.