Two players, one answer.

Brandon Smith vs Will Shipley

Any league · this week start/sit · Standard

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
Brandon Smith by 47% (Redraft standard)
Dynasty
Will Shipley by 9% (Dynasty Superflex)

Week 8 · locked

Smith —, Shipley —

Both games are over; the points land with the next stats refresh. Week 9's call opens once every Week 8 game is in (the morning after Monday night).

Rest of season Dynasty This week's other close calls

WR · PIT

Brandon Smith

— final · points pending · 0.7 projected

vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET

2.4 a game this season · last 1: 2.4

RB · PHI

Will Shipley

— final · points pending · 0.0 projected

@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ETIR

3 a game this season · last 3: 1.1, 2.3, 7.3

His game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
Will Shipley is on IR.

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This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard 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%.