Two players, one answer.
Dontayvion Wicks vs Seth McGowan
This week
Toss-up · 6 to 4.3 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Dontayvion Wicks by 12% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Dontayvion Wicks by 4% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 58% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Dontayvion Wicks is projected 1.7 points ahead of Seth McGowan. 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
Dontayvion Wicks
6.0 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ETQuestionable
8.9 a game this season · last 3: 4.8, 11.3, 4.4
RB · IND
Seth McGowan
4.3 projected
@ JAX · Sun 1:00 PM ET
2.7 a game this season · last 3: 2.9, 2.7, 5.8
- Dontayvion Wicks is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Dontayvion Wicks: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 7:10 AM ET
- Seth McGowan: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 7:10 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 7:14 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 7:14 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 | Wicks | McGowan |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 6 | 4.3 |
| Half PPR | 5 | 3.8 |
| Standard | 4 | 3.3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Dontayvion Wicks's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Seth McGowan 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.
- Seth McGowan plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Dontayvion Wicks'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%.