Two players, one answer.
Dylan Sampson vs Rashid Shaheed
This week
Toss-up · 6.5 to 6.4 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Rashid Shaheed by 14% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Dylan Sampson by 19% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Rashid Shaheed is projected 0.1 points ahead of Dylan Sampson. 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 · SEA
Rashid Shaheed
6.5 projected
vs CHI · Mon 8:15 PM ETQuestionable
6 a game this season · last 3: 4.3, 11.8, 2.1
RB · CLE
Dylan Sampson
6.4 projected
@ PIT · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
5.4 a game this season · last 2: 0, 10.7
- Rashid Shaheed is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
- Dylan Sampson is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Rashid Shaheed: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 8:10 AM ET
- Dylan Sampson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 8:10 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 8:25 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 8:25 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 | Shaheed | Sampson |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| Half PPR | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| Standard | 4.5 | 4.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Rashid Shaheed's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Dylan Sampson is the start.
- Dylan Sampson's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Rashid Shaheed 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.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Dylan Sampson 4.6, Rashid Shaheed 4.5.
- Dylan Sampson plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Rashid Shaheed'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%.