Two players, one answer.

Elijah Mitchell vs Reggie Virgil

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Reggie Virgil is projected 1.2 points ahead of Elijah Mitchell. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 55% 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 · ARI

Reggie Virgil

3.2 projected

@ DAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET

4.9 a game this season · last 1: 4.9

RB · PHI

Elijah Mitchell

2.0 projected

@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET

6.4 a game this season · last 1: 6.4

What the call rests on

  • Reggie Virgil: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 12:20 AM ET
  • Elijah Mitchell: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 12:20 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 12:22 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 12:22 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, scoredVirgilMitchell
PPR3.22
Half PPR2.61.8
Standard21.6

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 1.2 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.
  • Reggie Virgil 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%.