Two players, one answer.

Colby Parkinson vs John Metchie III

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 62% held up in 2025

Lean Colby Parkinson

On Sleeper's projections, Colby Parkinson is projected 2.6 points ahead of John Metchie III. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 62% of the time. A lean, not a lock.

TE · LAR

Colby Parkinson

6.7 projected

vs LAC · Sun 4:05 PM ET

5.1 a game this season · last 3: 1.3, 14.1, 9.8

WR · CAR

John Metchie III

4.1 projected

@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET

5 a game this season · last 3: 6.7, 4.4, 4

What the call rests on

  • Colby Parkinson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 3:30 PM ET
  • John Metchie III: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 3:30 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 3:42 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 3:42 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, scoredParkinsonIII
PPR6.74.1
Half PPR5.33.3
Standard42.5

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 2.6 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.
  • John Metchie III plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Colby Parkinson'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%.