Two players, one answer.
Dylan Sampson vs Joshua Palmer
Any league · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Dylan Sampson by 40% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Dylan Sampson by 49% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 65% held up in 2025
Lean Dylan Sampson
On Sleeper's projections, Dylan Sampson is projected 3.5 points ahead of Joshua Palmer. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 65% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
RB · CLE
Dylan Sampson
6.5 projected
@ PIT · Sun 1:00 PM ET
5.4 a game this season · last 2: 0, 10.7
WR · BUF
Joshua Palmer
3.0 projected
vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
6.9 a game this season · last 3: 11.3, 1.3, 4.7
What the call rests on
- Dylan Sampson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 3:20 AM ET
- Joshua Palmer: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 3:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 3:24 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 3:24 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 | Sampson | Palmer |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 6.5 | 3 |
| Half PPR | 5.6 | 2.4 |
| Standard | 4.7 | 1.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
Nothing pending on either: both are expected to play, and the gap is wide enough that a typical projection update doesn't close it.
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%.