Two players, one answer.
Calvin Ridley vs Colby Parkinson
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 7.2 to 6.7 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Colby Parkinson by 5% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Colby Parkinson by 17% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Calvin Ridley is projected 0.5 points ahead of Colby Parkinson. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 52% 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.
WR · TEN
Calvin Ridley
7.2 projected
@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
2.6 a game this season · last 3: 2.3, 5.3, 0
TE · LAR
Colby Parkinson
6.7 projected
vs LAC · Sun 4:05 PM ETQuestionable
5.1 a game this season · last 3: 1.3, 14.1, 9.8
- Calvin Ridley is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
- Colby Parkinson is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Calvin Ridley: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 2:20 PM ET
- Colby Parkinson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 2:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 2:28 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 2:28 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 | Ridley | Parkinson |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.2 | 6.7 |
| Half PPR | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| Standard | 4.7 | 4 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Calvin Ridley's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Colby Parkinson is the start.
- Colby Parkinson's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Calvin Ridley is the start.
- A projection update of 0.5 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.
- Calvin Ridley plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Colby Parkinson'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%.