Two players, one answer.
DeVonta Smith vs Emeka Egbuka
This week
Toss-up · 12 to 11.5 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
DeVonta Smith by 33% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
DeVonta Smith by 4% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, DeVonta Smith is projected 0.5 points ahead of Emeka Egbuka. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 52% 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.
WR · PHI
DeVonta Smith
12.0 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ETQuestionable
17.3 a game this season · last 3: 27.7, 12.5, 20.5
WR · TB
Emeka Egbuka
11.5 projected
vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
11.9 a game this season · last 3: 3.3, 17.2, 17.8
- DeVonta Smith is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
- Emeka Egbuka is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- DeVonta Smith: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 4:40 PM ET
- Emeka Egbuka: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 4:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 4:44 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 4:44 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 | Smith | Egbuka |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 12 | 11.5 |
| Half PPR | 9.9 | 9.5 |
| Standard | 7.8 | 7.4 |
What could change it before kickoff
- DeVonta Smith's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Emeka Egbuka is the start.
- Emeka Egbuka's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, DeVonta Smith is the start.
- A projection update of 0.5 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.
- Emeka Egbuka plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before DeVonta Smith'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%.