Two players, one answer.
Chig Okonkwo vs Kenny Gainwell
This week
Toss-up · 7.4 to 6.8 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Chig Okonkwo by 9% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Kenny Gainwell by 13% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 53% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Chig Okonkwo is projected 0.6 points ahead of Kenny Gainwell. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 53% 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
7.4 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
7.5 a game this season · last 3: 2.5, 10, 13.9
RB · TB
Kenny Gainwell
6.8 projected
vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
5.6 a game this season · last 3: 5.8, 3.4, 8.8
- Kenny Gainwell 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 Thu, Oct 29, 4:50 AM ET
- Kenny Gainwell: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 4:50 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 5:00 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 5:00 AM 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 | Gainwell |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.4 | 6.8 |
| Half PPR | 5.9 | 6 |
| Standard | 4.4 | 5.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Kenny Gainwell's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Chig Okonkwo is the start.
- A projection update of 0.6 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 half-PPR scoring the call goes the other way: Kenny Gainwell 6, Chig Okonkwo 5.9.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Kenny Gainwell 5.1, Chig Okonkwo 4.4.
- Kenny Gainwell plays first (Sun 1:00 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%.