Two players, one answer.

DJ Giddens vs Justin Joly

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Justin Joly is projected 0.4 points ahead of DJ Giddens. 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.

TE · MIA

Justin Joly

0.5 projected

vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ET

No games this season

RB · IND

DJ Giddens

0.1 projected

@ JAX · Sun 1:00 PM ET

No games this season

What the call rests on

  • Justin Joly: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 3:30 AM ET
  • DJ Giddens: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 3:30 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 3:40 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 3:40 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, scoredJolyGiddens
PPR0.50.1
Half PPR0.40.1
Standard0.30.1

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 0.4 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.
  • DJ Giddens plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Justin Joly'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%.