Two players, one answer.

Colby Parkinson vs Rasheen Ali

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

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
Colby Parkinson by 82% (Redraft PPR)
Dynasty
Colby Parkinson by 29% (Dynasty Superflex)

Week 8 · PPR · 77% held up in 2025

Start Colby Parkinson

On Sleeper's projections, Colby Parkinson is projected 6.4 points ahead of Rasheen Ali. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 77% of the time.

TE · LAR

Colby Parkinson

6.7 projected

vs LAC · Sun 4:05 PM ETQuestionable

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

RB · BAL

Rasheen Ali

0.3 projected

@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET

0.5 a game this season · last 3: 0, 0, 1.9

Colby Parkinson is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.

What the call rests on

Colby Parkinson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 6:20 AM ET
Rasheen Ali: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 6:20 AM ET
Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 6:27 AM ET.
Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 6:27 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	Parkinson	Ali
PPR	6.7	0.3
Half PPR	5.3	0.2
Standard	4	0.2

What could change it before kickoff

Colby Parkinson's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Rasheen Ali is the start.
Rasheen Ali plays first (Sun 1:00 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%.