Two players, one answer.
Chuba Hubbard vs James Cook III
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 17.3 to 16.7 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
James Cook III by 24% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
James Cook III by 19% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 53% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, James Cook III is projected 0.6 points ahead of Chuba Hubbard. 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 · BUF
James Cook III
17.3 projected
vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
18.9 a game this season · last 3: 16.3, 22.8, 24.3
RB · CAR
Chuba Hubbard
24.9 final · 16.7 projected
@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET
19 a game this season · last 3: 19.1, 10, 24.9
- Chuba Hubbard's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- James Cook III: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 2:20 PM ET
- Chuba Hubbard: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 2:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 2:28 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 2:28 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 | III | Hubbard |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 17.3 | 16.7 |
| Half PPR | 16.4 | 15.1 |
| Standard | 15.5 | 13.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.6 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.
- Chuba Hubbard plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before James Cook III'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%.