Two players, one answer.

Bo Nix vs Jaylen Waddle

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

This week
Start Bo Nix · 14 to 11.2 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Jaylen Waddle by 12% (redraft PPR)
Dynasty
Bo Nix by 38% (Dynasty Superflex)

Week 8 · PPR · 62% held up in 2025

Lean Bo Nix

On Sleeper's projections, Bo Nix is projected 2.8 points ahead of Jaylen Waddle. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 62% of the time. A lean, not a lock.

QB · DEN

Bo Nix

14.0 projected

vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ET

14.1 a game this season · last 3: 7.9, 4.5, 26.3

WR · DEN

Jaylen Waddle

11.2 projected

vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ETQuestionable

9.1 a game this season · last 3: 4.8, 6.4, 8.8

Jaylen Waddle is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.

What the call rests on

Bo Nix: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 12:20 AM ET
Jaylen Waddle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 12:20 AM ET
Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 12:22 AM ET.
Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 12:22 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	Nix	Waddle
PPR	14	11.2
Half PPR	14	9
Standard	14	6.8

What could change it before kickoff

Jaylen Waddle's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Bo Nix is the start.
A projection update of 2.8 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%.