Two players, one answer.
Darren Waller vs Mike Gesicki
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 8.1 to 7.7 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Darren Waller by 37% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Mike Gesicki by 48% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Mike Gesicki is projected 0.4 points ahead of Darren Waller. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 52% 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.
TE · CIN
Mike Gesicki
8.1 projected
vs TEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
11.9 a game this season · last 3: 13, 7.4, 7.6
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
What the call rests on
- Mike Gesicki: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 11:30 AM ET
- Darren Waller: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 11:30 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 11:31 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 11:31 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 | Gesicki | Waller |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 8.1 | 7.7 |
| Half PPR | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| Standard | 5.4 | 4.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.4 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.
- Darren Waller plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Mike Gesicki'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%.