Two players, one answer.
DeMario Douglas vs Drew Lock
Any league · this week start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
DeMario Douglas by 68% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
DeMario Douglas by 9% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 79% held up in 2025
Start DeMario Douglas
On Sleeper's projections, DeMario Douglas is projected 7.4 points ahead of Drew Lock. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 79% of the time.
WR · NE
DeMario Douglas
— final · points pending · 7.4 projected
@ MIA · Sun 4:25 PM ET
7.6 a game this season · last 3: 20.5, 16.1, 3.8
QB · SEA
Drew Lock
0.0 projected
vs CHI · Mon 8:15 PM ETQuestionable
17.1 a game this season · last 2: 12.8, 21.4
- DeMario Douglas's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
- DeMario Douglas has scored 13.5 a game over his last three, above his 7.6 season average.
- Drew Lock is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- DeMario Douglas: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 9:30 PM ET
- Drew Lock: Sleeper's projection
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 9:36 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 9:36 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 | Douglas | Lock |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.1 | 0 |
| Half PPR | 7.4 | 0 |
| Standard | 5.8 | 0 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Drew Lock's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, DeMario Douglas is the start.
- DeMario Douglas plays first (Sun 4:25 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Drew Lock'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%.