Two players, one answer.
Brenton Strange vs Malik Washington
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 10.5 to 9.2 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Brenton Strange by 26% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Malik Washington by 17% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 56% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Brenton Strange is projected 1.3 points ahead of Malik Washington. 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.
TE · JAX
Brenton Strange
10.5 projected
vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET
10 a game this season · last 3: 16.5, 13.8, 9.4
WR · MIA
Malik Washington
9.2 projected
vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ET
9.5 a game this season · last 3: 12, 12.1, 6.5
What the call rests on
- Brenton Strange: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 3:30 AM ET
- Malik Washington: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 3:30 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 3:40 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 3:40 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 | Strange | Washington |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 10.5 | 9.2 |
| Half PPR | 8.5 | 7.4 |
| Standard | 6.5 | 5.5 |
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.
- Brenton Strange plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Malik Washington'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%.