Two players, one answer.
Braelon Allen vs Rico Dowdle
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 9.8 to 8.8 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Rico Dowdle by 4% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Braelon Allen by 49% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Braelon Allen is projected 1 point ahead of Rico Dowdle. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 55% 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 · NYJ
Braelon Allen
9.8 projected
vs LV · Sun 1:00 PM ET
10.9 a game this season · last 3: 18.6, 12.4, 19.4
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
- Braelon Allen has scored 16.8 a game over his last three, above his 10.9 season average.
What the call rests on
- Braelon Allen: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 2:30 AM ET
- Rico Dowdle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 2:30 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 2:40 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 2:40 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 | Allen | Dowdle |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.8 | 8.8 |
| Half PPR | 9 | 8 |
| Standard | 8.1 | 7.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1 point 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%.