Two players, one answer.
DeMario Douglas vs Jakobi Meyers
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 9.3 to 9.3 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Jakobi Meyers by 63% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Jakobi Meyers by 25% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Jakobi Meyers and DeMario Douglas 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 · JAX
Jakobi Meyers
9.3 projected
vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
10.1 a game this season · last 3: 6.3, 5.7, 13.3
WR · NE
DeMario Douglas
9.3 projected
@ MIA · Sun 4:25 PM ET
9.2 a game this season · last 3: 22.5, 19.6, 5.3
- Jakobi Meyers is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
- DeMario Douglas has scored 15.8 a game over his last three, above his 9.2 season average.
What the call rests on
- Jakobi Meyers: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 12:20 AM ET
- DeMario Douglas: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 12:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 12:29 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 12:29 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 | Meyers | Douglas |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.3 | 9.3 |
| Half PPR | 7.7 | 7.6 |
| Standard | 6.2 | 5.9 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Jakobi Meyers's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, DeMario Douglas 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.
- Jakobi Meyers plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before DeMario Douglas'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%.