Two players, one answer.
DeMario Douglas vs Josh Downs
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Start Josh Downs · 10.1 to 8.1 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Josh Downs by 44% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Josh Downs by 30% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 59% held up in 2025
Lean Josh Downs
On Sleeper's projections, Josh Downs is projected 2 points ahead of DeMario Douglas. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 59% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
WR · IND
Josh Downs
10.1 projected
@ JAX · Sun 1:00 PM ET
8.2 a game this season · last 3: 7.7, 8.7, 3.8
WR · NE
DeMario Douglas
8.1 projected
@ MIA · Sun 4:25 PM ET
9.2 a game this season · last 3: 22.5, 19.6, 5.3
- DeMario Douglas has scored 15.8 a game over his last three, above his 9.2 season average.
What the call rests on
- Josh Downs: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 8:20 PM ET
- DeMario Douglas: 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 | Downs | Douglas |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 10.1 | 8.1 |
| Half PPR | 8.1 | 6.6 |
| Standard | 6.1 | 5.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2 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.
- Josh Downs 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%.