Two players, one answer.

Bucky Irving vs Drake London

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Bucky Irving · Drake London

Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Drake London and Bucky Irving are projected level. 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.

WR · ATL

Drake London

16.5 projected

@ TB · Sun 1:00 PM ET

15.4 a game this season · last 3: 18.8, 12.2, 19.6

RB · TB

Bucky Irving

16.5 projected

vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ET

15.7 a game this season · last 3: 31.5, 6.9, 24

What the call rests on

  • Drake London: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 9:40 PM ET
  • Bucky Irving: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 9:40 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 9:57 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 9:57 PM 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, scoredLondonIrving
PPR16.516.5
Half PPR13.714.9
Standard1113.3

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 0 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.

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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%.