Two players, one answer.
Deebo Samuel Sr. vs Keenan Allen
This week
Toss-up · 9 to 9 projected (Week 9, Half PPR)
Rest of season
Keenan Allen by 9% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Deebo Samuel Sr. by 56% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 9 · Half PPR · 50% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Keenan Allen and Deebo Samuel Sr. are projected level. 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.
WR · IND
Keenan Allen
9.0 projected
vs DAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
8.1 a game this season · last 3: 12.2, 4.6, 10.2
WR · SF
Deebo Samuel Sr.
9.0 projected
vs LV · Sun 4:05 PM ETQuestionable
10.5 a game this season · last 3: 15.4, 15.5, 1.5
- Deebo Samuel Sr. is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Keenan Allen: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Nov 4, 5:50 PM ET
- Deebo Samuel Sr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Nov 4, 5:50 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Nov 4, 5:58 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Nov 4, 5:58 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 | Allen | Sr. |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11.3 | 10.8 |
| Half PPR | 9 | 9 |
| Standard | 6.7 | 7.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Deebo Samuel Sr.'s status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Keenan Allen is the start.
- A projection update of 0 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.
- Keenan Allen plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Deebo Samuel Sr.'s late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half 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%.