Two players, one answer.

Cole Payton vs Sam Roush

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
Sam Roush by 71% (Redraft PPR)
Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)

Week 8 · PPR · 60% held up in 2025

Lean Sam Roush

On Sleeper's projections, Sam Roush is projected 2.3 points ahead of Cole Payton. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 60% of the time. A lean, not a lock.

TE · CHI

Sam Roush

2.3 projected

@ SEA · Mon 8:15 PM ET

1.6 a game this season · last 3: 2.6, 1.8, 0

QB · PHI

Cole Payton

0.0 projected

@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET

No games this season

Cole Payton's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.

What the call rests on

Sam Roush: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 9:30 PM ET
Cole Payton: Sleeper's projection
Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 9:36 PM ET.
Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 9:36 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	Roush	Payton
PPR	2.3	0
Half PPR	1.8	0
Standard	1.3	0

What could change it before kickoff

A projection update of 2.3 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.
Cole Payton plays first (Sun 8:20 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Sam Roush'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%.