Two players, one answer.
Austin Ekeler vs Roschon Johnson
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 5.2 to 4.3 projected (Week 8, Half PPR)
Rest of season
Austin Ekeler by 28% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Roschon Johnson by 61% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 54% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Austin Ekeler is projected 0.9 points ahead of Roschon Johnson. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 54% 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 · 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
RB · CHI
Roschon Johnson
4.3 projected
@ SEA · Mon 8:15 PM ET
6 a game this season · last 3: 6.5, 13.5, 1.3
What the call rests on
- Austin Ekeler: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 4:30 PM ET
- Roschon Johnson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 4:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 4:35 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 4:35 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.
| Same projections, scored | Ekeler | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| Half PPR | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| Standard | 4.7 | 3.9 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.9 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.
- Austin Ekeler plays first (Sun 8:20 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Roschon Johnson's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
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%.