Two players, one answer.
Elijah Mitchell vs Malik McClain
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
Elijah Mitchell by 38% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Malik McClain by 26% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 59% held up in 2025
Lean Elijah Mitchell
On Sleeper's projections, Elijah Mitchell is projected 2 points ahead of Malik McClain. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 59% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
RB · PHI
Elijah Mitchell
2.0 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
6.4 a game this season · last 1: 6.4
WR · NYJ
Malik McClain
0.0 projected
vs LV · Sun 1:00 PM ET
0 a game this season · last 1: 0
What the call rests on
- Elijah Mitchell: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 5:40 PM ET
- Malik McClain: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 5:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 5:50 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 | Mitchell | McClain |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 2 | 0 |
| Half PPR | 1.8 | 0 |
| Standard | 1.6 | 0 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2 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.
- Malik McClain plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Elijah Mitchell'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%.