Two players, one answer.
Chris Godwin Jr. vs Jaylen Waddle
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 9.2 to 9.1 projected (Week 8, Half PPR)
Rest of season
Jaylen Waddle by 29% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Jaylen Waddle by 42% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 50% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Chris Godwin Jr. is projected 0.1 points ahead of Jaylen Waddle. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 50% 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 · TB
Chris Godwin Jr.
9.2 projected
vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
5.7 a game this season · last 3: 5.5, 5.7, 4.7
WR · DEN
Jaylen Waddle
9.1 projected
vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ETQuestionable
7.3 a game this season · last 3: 3.8, 4.4, 6.8
- Jaylen Waddle 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 Godwin Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- Jaylen Waddle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 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 | Jr. | Waddle |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11.5 | 11.3 |
| Half PPR | 9.2 | 9.1 |
| Standard | 7 | 6.9 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Jaylen Waddle's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Chris Godwin Jr. is the start.
- A projection update of 0.1 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.
- Chris Godwin Jr. plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Jaylen Waddle'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%.