Two players, one answer.
Bucky Irving vs James Cook III
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 17.3 to 16.7 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
James Cook III by 33% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Bucky Irving by 8% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 53% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, James Cook III is projected 0.6 points ahead of Bucky Irving. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 53% 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 · BUF
James Cook III
17.3 projected
vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
18.9 a game this season · last 3: 16.3, 22.8, 24.3
RB · TB
Bucky Irving
16.7 projected
vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
15.7 a game this season · last 3: 31.5, 6.9, 24
- Bucky Irving has scored 20.8 a game over his last three, above his 15.7 season average.
What the call rests on
- James Cook III: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 5:20 AM ET
- Bucky Irving: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 5:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 5:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 5:27 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 | III | Irving |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 17.3 | 16.7 |
| Half PPR | 16.4 | 15.2 |
| Standard | 15.5 | 13.7 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.6 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%.