Two players, one answer.
DK Metcalf vs Jaylen Waddle
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 11.4 to 11.3 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
DK Metcalf by 35% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
DK Metcalf by 19% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, DK Metcalf is projected 0.1 points ahead of Jaylen Waddle. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 50% 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 · PIT
DK Metcalf
11.4 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
10.9 a game this season · last 3: 5.3, 20.3, 7.6
WR · DEN
Jaylen Waddle
11.3 projected
vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ETQuestionable
9.1 a game this season · last 3: 4.8, 6.4, 8.8
- Jaylen Waddle is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- DK Metcalf: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 6:50 PM ET
- Jaylen Waddle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 6:50 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 6:51 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Metcalf | Waddle |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11.4 | 11.3 |
| Half PPR | 9.6 | 9.1 |
| Standard | 7.7 | 6.9 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Jaylen Waddle's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, DK Metcalf is the start.
- A projection update of 0.1 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.
- DK Metcalf plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Jaylen Waddle'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%.