Two players, one answer.
Christian Watson vs Malik Willis
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Start Christian Watson · 16.1 to 14 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Christian Watson by 79% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Christian Watson by 37% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 59% held up in 2025
Lean Christian Watson
On Sleeper's projections, Christian Watson is projected 2.1 points ahead of Malik Willis. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 59% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
WR · GB
Christian Watson
16.1 projected
vs CAR · Thu 8:15 PM ET
18.5 a game this season · last 3: 32.3, 9.4, 10.7
QB · MIA
Malik Willis
14.0 projected
vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ET
15.1 a game this season · last 3: 2.5, 20.9, 26
What the call rests on
- Christian Watson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 5:40 PM ET
- Malik Willis: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 5:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 5:50 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Watson | Willis |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 16.1 | 14 |
| Half PPR | 14.1 | 14 |
| Standard | 12 | 14 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.1 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.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Malik Willis 14, Christian Watson 12.
- Christian Watson plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Malik Willis'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%.