Two players, one answer.
Austin Ekeler vs Van Jefferson
Any format · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Austin Ekeler by 81% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Austin Ekeler by 14% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 74% held up in 2025
Start Austin Ekeler
On Sleeper's projections, Austin Ekeler is projected 5.7 points ahead of Van Jefferson. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 74% of the time.
RB · WAS
Austin Ekeler
5.7 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
3.4 a game this season · last 3: 5, 2.4, 2.7
WR · WAS
Van Jefferson
0.0 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
No games this season
What the call rests on
- Austin Ekeler: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 6:50 PM ET
- Van Jefferson: Sleeper's projection
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 6:51 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 | Ekeler | Jefferson |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 5.7 | 0 |
| Half PPR | 5.2 | 0 |
| Standard | 4.8 | 0 |
What could change it before kickoff
Nothing pending on either: both are expected to play, and the gap is wide enough that a typical projection update doesn't close it.
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%.