Two players, one answer.
Chris Rodriguez Jr. vs Rashod Bateman
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 5.9 to 5.7 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
About even (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Rashod Bateman by 30% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Chris Rodriguez Jr. is projected 0.2 points ahead of Rashod Bateman. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 51% 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 · JAX
Chris Rodriguez Jr.
5.9 projected
vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET
5.1 a game this season · last 3: 9.5, 2.1, 5.5
WR · BAL
Rashod Bateman
5.7 projected
@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET
7.2 a game this season · last 3: 11.2, 0, 5.3
What the call rests on
- Chris Rodriguez Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 10:00 AM ET
- Rashod Bateman: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 10:00 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 10:10 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 10:10 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. | Bateman |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| Half PPR | 5.6 | 4.7 |
| Standard | 5.4 | 3.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.2 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.
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%.