Two players, one answer.

Darnell Washington vs Jalen Nailor

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Darnell Washington · Jalen Nailor

Week 8 · PPR · 62% held up in 2025

Lean Darnell Washington

On Sleeper's projections, Darnell Washington is projected 2.5 points ahead of Jalen Nailor. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 62% of the time. A lean, not a lock.

TE · PIT

Darnell Washington

6.1 projected

vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET

7.1 a game this season · last 3: 3.2, 12.5, 7.4

WR · LV

Jalen Nailor

3.6 projected

@ NYJ · Sun 1:00 PM ET

3.1 a game this season · last 3: 2.6, 1.9, 3.4

What the call rests on

  • Darnell Washington: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 5:20 AM ET
  • Jalen Nailor: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 5:20 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 5:27 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 5:27 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.
Same projections, scoredWashingtonNailor
PPR6.13.6
Half PPR4.93
Standard3.72.4

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 2.5 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%.