Two players, one answer.
Darren Waller vs Max Klare
Any league · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Max Klare by 6% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Max Klare by 85% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 81% held up in 2025
Start Darren Waller
On Sleeper's projections, Darren Waller is projected 7.6 points ahead of Max Klare. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 81% of the time.
TE · CAR
Darren Waller
7.7 projected
@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET
8.6 a game this season · last 3: 6.6, 0, 12
TE · LAR
Max Klare
0.1 projected
vs LAC · Sun 4:05 PM ET
No games this season
What the call rests on
- Darren Waller: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 6:50 AM ET
- Max Klare: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 6:50 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 7:07 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 7:07 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 | Waller | Klare |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.7 | 0.1 |
| Half PPR | 6.2 | 0.1 |
| Standard | 4.8 | 0.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Darren Waller plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Max Klare'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%.