Two players, one answer.
DeVonta Smith vs Jaylen Warren
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Start Jaylen Warren · 14.8 to 12 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
About even (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
DeVonta Smith by 27% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 63% held up in 2025
Lean Jaylen Warren
On Sleeper's projections, Jaylen Warren is projected 2.8 points ahead of DeVonta Smith. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 63% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
RB · PIT
Jaylen Warren
14.8 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
17.1 a game this season · last 3: 36.8, 9.8, 16.7
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
- DeVonta Smith is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Jaylen Warren: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 11:10 AM ET
- DeVonta Smith: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 11:10 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 11:11 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 11:11 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 | Warren | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 14.8 | 12 |
| Half PPR | 13.4 | 9.9 |
| Standard | 12 | 7.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- DeVonta Smith's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Jaylen Warren is the start.
- A projection update of 2.8 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.
- Jaylen Warren 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%.