Two players, one answer.
Derrick Henry vs James Cook III
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 16.4 to 15.4 projected (Week 8, Half PPR)
Rest of season
James Cook III by 7% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
James Cook III by 58% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 55% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, James Cook III is projected 1 point ahead of Derrick Henry. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 55% of the time. 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.
RB · BUF
James Cook III
16.4 projected
vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
18.1 a game this season · last 3: 15.3, 22.3, 22.8
RB · BAL
Derrick Henry
15.4 projected
@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET
16.8 a game this season · last 3: 20.5, 4.5, 5.4
- Derrick Henry has scored 10.1 a game over his last three, below his 16.8 season average.
What the call rests on
- James Cook III: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 6:20 AM ET
- Derrick Henry: 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 | III | Henry |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 17.3 | 16.1 |
| Half PPR | 16.4 | 15.4 |
| Standard | 15.5 | 14.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1 point 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.
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%.