Two players, one answer.
DeVonta Smith vs Josh Jacobs
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
Josh Jacobs by 25% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
DeVonta Smith by 19% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 95% held up in 2025
Start Josh Jacobs
On Sleeper's projections, Josh Jacobs is projected 16 points ahead of DeVonta Smith. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 95% of the time.
RB · GB
Josh Jacobs
23.2 final · 16.0 projected
vs CAR · Thu 8:15 PM ET
21.7 a game this season · last 2: 20.1, 23.2
WR · PHI
DeVonta Smith
0.0 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ETQuestionable
17.3 a game this season · last 3: 27.7, 12.5, 20.5
- Josh Jacobs's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
- 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
- Josh Jacobs: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 3:30 PM ET
- DeVonta Smith: Sleeper's projection
- 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.
| Same projections, scored | Jacobs | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 16 | 0 |
| Half PPR | 14.8 | 0 |
| Standard | 13.6 | 0 |
What could change it before kickoff
- DeVonta Smith's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Josh Jacobs is the start.
- Josh Jacobs plays first (Thu 8:15 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%.