Two players, one answer.
Darren Waller vs Quentin Johnston
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 7.7 to 6.8 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
About even (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Quentin Johnston by 89% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 54% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Darren Waller is projected 0.9 points ahead of Quentin Johnston. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 54% 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 · CAR
Darren Waller
2.1 final · 7.7 projected
@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET
7.7 a game this season · last 3: 0, 12, 2.1
WR · LAC
Quentin Johnston
6.8 projected
@ LAR · Sun 4:05 PM ET
5 a game this season · last 3: 7, 5, 6.7
- Darren Waller's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Darren Waller: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 8:20 PM ET
- Quentin Johnston: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 8:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 8:23 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 8:23 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 | Waller | Johnston |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.7 | 6.8 |
| Half PPR | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| Standard | 4.8 | 4.7 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.9 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 Quentin Johnston'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%.