Two players, one answer.

Ben Skowronek vs Nate Adkins

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Ben Skowronek · Nate Adkins

Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Ben Skowronek is projected 0.1 points ahead of Nate Adkins. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 50% 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

TE · DEN

Nate Adkins

1.7 projected

vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ET

6.9 a game this season · last 3: 0, 12.8, 7.8

What the call rests on

  • Ben Skowronek: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 5:20 AM ET
  • Nate Adkins: 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, scoredSkowronekAdkins
PPR1.81.7
Half PPR1.51.4
Standard1.21.1

What could change it before kickoff

  • Ben Skowronek's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Nate Adkins is the start.
  • A projection update of 0.1 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.
  • Ben Skowronek plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Nate Adkins'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%.