Two players, one answer.
Chig Okonkwo vs Colby Parkinson
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 7.8 to 6.7 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Chig Okonkwo by 44% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Chig Okonkwo by 27% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Chig Okonkwo is projected 1.1 points ahead of Colby Parkinson. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 55% 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.
TE · WAS
Chig Okonkwo
7.8 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
7.5 a game this season · last 3: 2.5, 10, 13.9
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
- 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
- Chig Okonkwo: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 PM ET
- Colby Parkinson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 4:28 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 4:28 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 | Okonkwo | Parkinson |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.8 | 6.7 |
| Half PPR | 6.2 | 5.4 |
| Standard | 4.6 | 4 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Colby Parkinson's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Chig Okonkwo is the start.
- A projection update of 1.1 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.
- Colby Parkinson plays first (Sun 4:05 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Chig Okonkwo'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%.