Two players, one answer.

Deshaun Watson vs Malik Willis

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Half PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Deshaun Watson · Malik Willis

Week 8 · Half PPR · 50% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Deshaun Watson and Malik Willis 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.

QB · CLE

Deshaun Watson

14.0 projected

@ PIT · Sun 1:00 PM ET

15.7 a game this season · last 3: 12.2, 9.5, 19.2

QB · MIA

Malik Willis

14.0 projected

vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ET

15.1 a game this season · last 3: 2.5, 20.9, 26

What the call rests on

  • Deshaun Watson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 3:30 PM ET
  • Malik Willis: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 3:30 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 3:33 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 3:33 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.

What could change it before kickoff

  • 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.
  • Deshaun Watson plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Malik Willis'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%.