Two players, one answer.
Eli Stowers vs Malik Washington
Any format · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Malik Washington by 23% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Malik Washington by 37% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 82% held up in 2025
Start Malik Washington
On Sleeper's projections, Malik Washington is projected 8.2 points ahead of Eli Stowers. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 82% of the time.
WR · MIA
Malik Washington
9.2 projected
vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ET
9.5 a game this season · last 3: 12, 12.1, 6.5
TE · PHI
Eli Stowers
1.0 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
0 a game this season · last 1: 0
What the call rests on
- Malik Washington: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 6:50 PM ET
- Eli Stowers: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 6:50 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 6:51 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Washington | Stowers |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.2 | 1 |
| Half PPR | 7.4 | 0.8 |
| Standard | 5.6 | 0.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Malik Washington plays first (Sun 4:25 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Eli Stowers'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%.