Two players, one answer.
Ben Skowronek vs Lew Nichols
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
Ben Skowronek by 34% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 57% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Ben Skowronek is projected 1.6 points ahead of Lew Nichols. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 57% 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.
WR · PIT
Ben Skowronek
1.8 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
4.1 a game this season · last 3: 1.2, 9.3, 1.7
RB · PIT
Lew Nichols
0.2 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
0.1 a game this season · last 3: 0.6, 0, 0
- Ben Skowronek is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Ben Skowronek: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 5:20 AM ET
- Lew Nichols: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 5:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 5:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 5:27 AM 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 | Skowronek | Nichols |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| Half PPR | 1.5 | 0.2 |
| Standard | 1.2 | 0.2 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Ben Skowronek's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Lew Nichols is the start.
- A projection update of 1.6 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.
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%.