Two players, one answer.

Dylan Sampson vs Eli Raridon

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 54% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Dylan Sampson is projected 0.8 points ahead of Eli Raridon. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 54% 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.

RB · CLE

Dylan Sampson

6.4 projected

@ PIT · Sun 1:00 PM ET

5.4 a game this season · last 2: 0, 10.7

TE · NE

Eli Raridon

5.6 projected

@ MIA · Sun 4:25 PM ET

6.8 a game this season · last 3: 10.7, 2.1, 14.6

What the call rests on

  • Dylan Sampson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 2:30 AM ET
  • Eli Raridon: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 2:30 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 2:40 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 2:40 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, scoredSampsonRaridon
PPR6.45.6
Half PPR5.54.5
Standard4.63.5

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 0.8 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.
  • Dylan Sampson plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Eli Raridon'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%.