Two players, one answer.
Austin Ekeler vs Justice Hill
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 6 to 5.8 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Austin Ekeler by 48% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Justice Hill by 35% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Justice Hill is projected 0.2 points ahead of Austin Ekeler. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 51% 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 · BAL
Justice Hill
6.0 projected
@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET
5.1 a game this season · last 3: 9.8, 3.9, 6.3
RB · WAS
Austin Ekeler
5.8 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
3.4 a game this season · last 3: 5, 2.4, 2.7
What the call rests on
- Justice Hill: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 1:30 PM ET
- Austin Ekeler: 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 | Hill | Ekeler |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 6 | 5.8 |
| Half PPR | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Standard | 4.2 | 4.9 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.2 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.
- In half-PPR scoring the call goes the other way: Austin Ekeler 5.3, Justice Hill 5.1.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Austin Ekeler 4.9, Justice Hill 4.2.
- Justice Hill plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Austin Ekeler'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%.