Two players, one answer.
Dalton Kincaid vs Marcus Mariota
Any league · this week start/sit · Standard
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
Dalton Kincaid by 79% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Standard · 80% held up in 2025
Start Dalton Kincaid
On Sleeper's projections, Dalton Kincaid is projected 6.5 points ahead of Marcus Mariota. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 80% of the time.
TE · BUF
Dalton Kincaid
— final · points pending · 6.5 projected
vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
6.3 a game this season · last 3: 0.7, 2.7, 3.8
QB · WAS
Marcus Mariota
0.0 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
11.5 a game this season · last 3: 8.7, 20.4, 5.3
- Their games have already kicked off, so most platforms have locked them in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Dalton Kincaid: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 8:30 PM ET
- Marcus Mariota: Sleeper's projection
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 8:36 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 8:36 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 | Kincaid | Mariota |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 10.5 | 0 |
| Half PPR | 8.5 | 0 |
| Standard | 6.5 | 0 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Dalton Kincaid plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Marcus Mariota's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard 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%.