Two players, one answer.

Dak Prescott vs Joe Burrow

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Dak Prescott is projected 1.2 points ahead of Joe Burrow. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 55% 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.

QB · DAL

Dak Prescott

22.4 projected

vs ARI · Sun 1:00 PM ET

19 a game this season · last 3: 14.6, 13, 23.3

QB · CIN

Joe Burrow

21.2 projected

vs TEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET

22.2 a game this season · last 3: 25.7, 24.6, 28.9

What the call rests on

  • Dak Prescott: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 1:20 AM ET
  • Joe Burrow: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 1:20 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 1:24 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 1:24 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.

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 1.2 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.

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%.