Two players, one answer.
Corey Kiner vs Marquez Valdes-Scantling
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
Corey Kiner by 53% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Corey Kiner by 88% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 76% held up in 2025
Start Corey Kiner
On Sleeper's projections, Corey Kiner is projected 6.4 points ahead of Marquez Valdes-Scantling. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 76% of the time.
RB · NE
Corey Kiner
6.4 projected
@ MIA · Sun 4:25 PM ET
2.4 a game this season · last 3: 4.9, 5.7, 1.3
WR · PIT
Marquez Valdes-Scantling
0.0 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
1.4 a game this season · last 3: 0, 0, 4.2
What the call rests on
- Corey Kiner: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 2:20 PM ET
- Marquez Valdes-Scantling: Sleeper's projection
- 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 | Kiner | Valdes-Scantling |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 6.4 | 0 |
| Half PPR | 6 | 0 |
| Standard | 5.5 | 0 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Marquez Valdes-Scantling plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Corey Kiner'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%.