Two players, one answer.
Bucky Irving vs Jonathan Taylor
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 15.4 to 15.2 projected (Week 8, Half PPR)
Rest of season
Jonathan Taylor by 46% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Jonathan Taylor by 13% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Jonathan Taylor is projected 0.2 points ahead of Bucky Irving. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 51% 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 · IND
Jonathan Taylor
15.4 projected
@ JAX · Sun 1:00 PM ET
18.4 a game this season · last 3: 9.7, 20.1, 18
RB · TB
Bucky Irving
15.2 projected
vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
14.4 a game this season · last 3: 30.5, 5.9, 23.5
- Bucky Irving has scored 20 a game over his last three, above his 14.4 season average.
What the call rests on
- Jonathan Taylor: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 9:20 PM ET
- Bucky Irving: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 9:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 9:23 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 9:23 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, scored | Taylor | Irving |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 16.5 | 16.7 |
| Half PPR | 15.4 | 15.2 |
| Standard | 14.3 | 13.7 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.2 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.
- In ppr scoring the call goes the other way: Bucky Irving 16.7, Jonathan Taylor 16.5.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half 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%.