Two players, one answer.
Colbie Young vs Zavion Thomas
Any league · this week start/sit · Standard
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Colbie Young by 23% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Standard · 53% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Zavion Thomas is projected 0.5 points ahead of Colbie Young. 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.
WR · CHI
Zavion Thomas
1.8 projected
@ SEA · Mon 8:15 PM ET
0.8 a game this season · last 3: 2.2, 2.5, 0
WR · CIN
Colbie Young
— final · points pending · 1.3 projected
vs TEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
0.5 a game this season · last 2: 0.7, 0.2
- Colbie Young's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Zavion Thomas: Sleeper's projection, last changed Mon, Nov 2, 10:40 AM ET
- Colbie Young: Sleeper's projection, last changed Mon, Nov 2, 10:40 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Mon, Nov 2, 10:40 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Mon, Nov 2, 10:40 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 | Thomas | Young |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| Half PPR | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| Standard | 1.8 | 1.3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.5 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.
- Colbie Young plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Zavion Thomas's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard 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%.