Two players, one answer.
Chris Bell vs Mike Washington Jr.
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 5 to 4.3 projected (Week 8, Half PPR)
Rest of season
Mike Washington Jr. by 8% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 53% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Mike Washington Jr. is projected 0.7 points ahead of Chris Bell. 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.
RB · LV
Mike Washington Jr.
— final · points pending · 5.0 projected
@ NYJ · Sun 1:00 PM ET
4 a game this season · last 3: 1.5, 5.5, 2.7
WR · MIA
Chris Bell
4.3 projected
vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ET
3 a game this season · last 3: 0, 2.6, 4
- Their games have already kicked off, so most platforms have locked them in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Mike Washington Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 5:30 PM ET
- Chris Bell: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 5:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 5:35 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 5:35 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 | Jr. | Bell |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Half PPR | 5 | 4.3 |
| Standard | 4.7 | 3.3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.7 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.
- Mike Washington Jr. plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Chris Bell's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half 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%.