Two players, one answer.

Emari Demercado vs Van Jefferson

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Van Jefferson and Emari Demercado are projected level. 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 · WAS

Van Jefferson

0.0 projected

vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET

No games this season

RB · DAL

Emari Demercado

0.0 projected

vs ARI · Sun 1:00 PM ET

0.8 a game this season · last 2: 0.7, 0.8

What the call rests on

  • Van Jefferson: Sleeper's projection
  • Emari Demercado: Sleeper's projection
  • Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 11:31 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 11:31 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.

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 0 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.
  • Emari Demercado plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Van Jefferson'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%.