Two players, one answer.

Darren Waller vs RJ Harvey

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Darren Waller · RJ Harvey

Week 8 · PPR · 53% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, RJ Harvey is projected 0.6 points ahead of Darren Waller. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 53% 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.

RB · DEN

RJ Harvey

8.3 projected

vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ET

11.2 a game this season · last 3: 0.7, 14.6, 14

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

  • RJ Harvey: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 5:10 PM ET
  • Darren Waller: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 5:10 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 5:19 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 5:19 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, scoredHarveyWaller
PPR8.37.7
Half PPR6.76.2
Standard5.14.8

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 0.6 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 RJ Harvey'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%.