Two players, one answer.
Demond Claiborne vs Kenny Gainwell
Any league · this week start/sit · 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
Kenny Gainwell by 54% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 79% held up in 2025
Start Kenny Gainwell
On Sleeper's projections, Kenny Gainwell is projected 7.2 points ahead of Demond Claiborne. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 79% of the time.
RB · TB
Kenny Gainwell
7.2 projected
vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
5.6 a game this season · last 3: 5.8, 3.4, 8.8
RB · MIN
Demond Claiborne
0.0 projected
@ DET · Sun 1:00 PM ET
1 a game this season · last 3: 0.1, 1.2, 1.6
- Kenny Gainwell is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Kenny Gainwell: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 6:20 AM ET
- Demond Claiborne: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 6:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 6:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 6:27 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 | Gainwell | Claiborne |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.2 | 0 |
| Half PPR | 6.3 | 0 |
| Standard | 5.4 | 0 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Kenny Gainwell's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Demond Claiborne is the start.
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%.