Two players, one answer.
D'Andre Swift vs Saquon Barkley
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 12.9 to 12.3 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
D'Andre Swift by 22% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
D'Andre Swift by 35% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 53% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, D'Andre Swift is projected 0.6 points ahead of Saquon Barkley. 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.
RB · CHI
D'Andre Swift
12.9 projected
@ SEA · Mon 8:15 PM ET
17.5 a game this season · last 3: 17.3, 23, 19
RB · PHI
Saquon Barkley
12.3 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ETQuestionable
7.6 a game this season · last 3: 9, 2, 15.1
- Saquon Barkley is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- D'Andre Swift: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 3:30 PM ET
- Saquon Barkley: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 3:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 3:33 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 3:33 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 | Swift | Barkley |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 12.9 | 12.3 |
| Half PPR | 11.7 | 11.5 |
| Standard | 10.5 | 10.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Saquon Barkley's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, D'Andre Swift is the start.
- A projection update of 0.6 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.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Saquon Barkley 10.8, D'Andre Swift 10.5.
- Saquon Barkley plays first (Sun 8:20 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before D'Andre Swift'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%.