Two players, one answer.
Darnell Washington vs Joshua Palmer
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
Darnell Washington by 26% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Joshua Palmer by 7% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 64% held up in 2025
Lean Darnell Washington
On Sleeper's projections, Darnell Washington is projected 3.1 points ahead of Joshua Palmer. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 64% 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 · BUF
Joshua Palmer
3.0 projected
vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
6.9 a game this season · last 3: 11.3, 1.3, 4.7
What the call rests on
- Darnell Washington: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 10:20 AM ET
- Joshua Palmer: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 10:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 10:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 10:27 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, scored | Washington | Palmer |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 6.1 | 3 |
| Half PPR | 4.9 | 2.4 |
| Standard | 3.7 | 1.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
Nothing pending on either: both are expected to play, and the gap is wide enough that a typical projection update doesn't close it.
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%.