Two players, one answer.
Blake Corum vs Rico Dowdle
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 8.8 to 7.5 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Rico Dowdle by 50% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 56% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Rico Dowdle is projected 1.3 points ahead of Blake Corum. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 56% 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 · PIT
Rico Dowdle
8.8 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
8.3 a game this season · last 3: 6.4, 7.9, 14.6
RB · LAR
Blake Corum
7.5 projected
vs LAC · Sun 4:05 PM ET
9.9 a game this season · last 3: 16.2, 14, 17.1
- Blake Corum has scored 15.8 a game over his last three, above his 9.9 season average.
What the call rests on
- Rico Dowdle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 3:20 AM ET
- Blake Corum: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 3:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 3:24 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 3:24 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 | Dowdle | Corum |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 8.8 | 7.5 |
| Half PPR | 8 | 7.2 |
| Standard | 7.1 | 6.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.3 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.
- Rico Dowdle plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Blake Corum'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%.