Two players, one answer.
Athan Kaliakmanis vs Shedeur Sanders
Any league · this week start/sit · 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
Athan Kaliakmanis by 39% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Shedeur Sanders and Athan Kaliakmanis 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.
QB · CLE
Shedeur Sanders
0.0 projected
@ PIT · Sun 1:00 PM ET
0 a game this season · last 1: 0
QB · WAS
Athan Kaliakmanis
0.0 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
12 a game this season · last 1: 12
- Shedeur Sanders's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Shedeur Sanders: Sleeper's projection
- Athan Kaliakmanis: Sleeper's projection
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 3:34 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 3:34 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.
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.
- Shedeur Sanders plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Athan Kaliakmanis'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%.