Two players, one answer.

CeeDee Lamb vs Ja'Marr Chase

Any league · Week 9 start/sit · Standard

Stats through week 8 of 2026

CeeDee Lamb · Ja'Marr Chase

Week 9 · Standard · 50% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, CeeDee Lamb and Ja'Marr Chase 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 · DAL

CeeDee Lamb

13.4 projected

@ IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET

13.5 a game this season · last 3: 7, 19.4, 5.8

WR · CIN

Ja'Marr Chase

13.4 projected

@ ATL · Sun 9:30 AM ET

12.2 a game this season · last 3: 13.7, 12.2, 20.1

What the call rests on

  • CeeDee Lamb: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Nov 4, 12:40 PM ET
  • Ja'Marr Chase: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Nov 4, 12:40 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Wed, Nov 4, 12:49 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Wed, Nov 4, 12:49 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, scoredLambChase
PPR20.219.7
Half PPR16.816.6
Standard13.413.4

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.
  • Ja'Marr Chase plays first (Sun 9:30 AM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before CeeDee Lamb's late news is known.

Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)

This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard 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%.