Two players, one answer.
Arian Smith vs Austin Ekeler
Any league · this week start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Austin Ekeler by 93% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Arian Smith by 24% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR
Start Austin Ekeler
Arian Smith isn't expected to play.
RB · WAS
Austin Ekeler
5.2 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
2.7 a game this season · last 3: 4.5, 1.9, 1.7
WR · NYJ
Arian Smith
— final · points pending · 0.0 projected
vs LV · Sun 1:00 PM ETIR
0 a game this season · last 2: 0, 0
- His game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
- Arian Smith is on IR.
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This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half 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%.