Two players, one answer.
Chris Bell vs Rashid Shaheed
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 5.4 to 4.5 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Rashid Shaheed by 5% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Chris Bell by 26% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 54% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Chris Bell is projected 0.9 points ahead of Rashid Shaheed. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 54% 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.
WR · MIA
Chris Bell
5.4 projected
vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ET
3.7 a game this season · last 3: 0, 2.6, 5.5
WR · SEA
Rashid Shaheed
4.5 projected
vs CHI · Mon 8:15 PM ETQuestionable
6 a game this season · last 3: 4.3, 11.8, 2.1
- Rashid Shaheed is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Chris Bell: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 8:20 AM ET
- Rashid Shaheed: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 8:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 8:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 8:27 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 | Bell | Shaheed |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| Half PPR | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| Standard | 3.5 | 3.2 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Rashid Shaheed's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Chris Bell is the start.
- A projection update of 0.9 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.
- Chris Bell plays first (Sun 4:25 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Rashid Shaheed'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%.