Two players, one answer.

Eli Raridon vs Marcus Mariota

Any league · this week start/sit · Standard

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Eli Raridon · Marcus Mariota

Week 8 · Standard · 68% held up in 2025

Lean Eli Raridon

On Sleeper's projections, Eli Raridon is projected 3.6 points ahead of Marcus Mariota. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 68% of the time. A lean, not a lock.

TE · NE

Eli Raridon

— final · points pending · 3.6 projected

@ MIA · Sun 4:25 PM ET

4.8 a game this season · last 3: 5.7, 1.1, 11.6

QB · WAS

Marcus Mariota

0.0 projected

vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET

11.5 a game this season · last 3: 8.7, 20.4, 5.3

What the call rests on

  • Eli Raridon: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 8:30 PM ET
  • Marcus Mariota: Sleeper's projection
  • Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 8:36 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 8:36 PM 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, scoredRaridonMariota
PPR5.80
Half PPR4.70
Standard3.60

What could change it before kickoff

  • Eli Raridon plays first (Sun 4:25 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Marcus Mariota's late news is known.

Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)

This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard 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%.