Two players, one answer.
CeeDee Lamb vs Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Start Jaxon Smith-Njigba · 25.1 to 22.2 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Jaxon Smith-Njigba by 16% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Jaxon Smith-Njigba by 27% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 63% held up in 2025
Lean Jaxon Smith-Njigba
On Sleeper's projections, Jaxon Smith-Njigba is projected 2.9 points ahead of CeeDee Lamb. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 63% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
WR · SEA
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
25.1 projected
vs CHI · Mon 8:15 PM ET
28 a game this season · last 3: 22.8, 25.4, 31.3
WR · DAL
CeeDee Lamb
22.2 projected
vs ARI · Sun 1:00 PM ET
22.2 a game this season · last 3: 2.9, 16, 24.4
- CeeDee Lamb has scored 14.4 a game over his last three, below his 22.2 season average.
What the call rests on
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 4:30 PM ET
- CeeDee Lamb: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 4:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 4:48 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Smith-Njigba | Lamb |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 25.1 | 22.2 |
| Half PPR | 21.4 | 18.7 |
| Standard | 17.8 | 15.2 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.9 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.
- CeeDee Lamb plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Jaxon Smith-Njigba'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%.