Two players, one answer.
DeVonta Smith vs Quinshon Judkins
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 11.3 to 9.6 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
DeVonta Smith by 7% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Quinshon Judkins by 12% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 58% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, DeVonta Smith is projected 1.7 points ahead of Quinshon Judkins. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 58% 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
11.3 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ETQuestionable
17.3 a game this season · last 3: 27.7, 12.5, 20.5
RB · CLE
Quinshon Judkins
9.6 projected
@ PIT · Sun 1:00 PM ET
13.3 a game this season · last 3: 21.6, 8, 23.4
- 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
- DeVonta Smith: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 5:50 AM ET
- Quinshon Judkins: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 5:50 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 5:50 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 5:50 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 | Smith | Judkins |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11.3 | 9.6 |
| Half PPR | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| Standard | 7.3 | 7.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- DeVonta Smith's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Quinshon Judkins is the start.
- A projection update of 1.7 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.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Quinshon Judkins 7.6, DeVonta Smith 7.3.
- Quinshon Judkins 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%.