Two players, one answer.
Austin Ekeler vs Jalen Brooks
Any league · this week start/sit · Standard
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 92% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
Jalen Brooks by 5% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Standard
Start Austin Ekeler
Jalen Brooks isn't expected to play.
RB · WAS
Austin Ekeler
4.7 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
2 a game this season · last 3: 4, 1.4, 0.7
WR · ARI
Jalen Brooks
— final · points pending · 0.0 projected
@ DAL · Sun 1:00 PM ETIR
1.3 a game this season · last 3: 1.6, 3, 3.5
- Jalen Brooks is on IR.
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This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard 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%.