Two players, one answer.
Emeka Egbuka vs Jaylen Waddle
This week
Toss-up · 11.5 to 11.2 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Emeka Egbuka by 35% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Emeka Egbuka by 41% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Emeka Egbuka is projected 0.3 points ahead of Jaylen Waddle. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 51% 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 · TB
Emeka Egbuka
11.5 projected
vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
11.9 a game this season · last 3: 3.3, 17.2, 17.8
WR · DEN
Jaylen Waddle
11.2 projected
vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ETQuestionable
9.1 a game this season · last 3: 4.8, 6.4, 8.8
- Emeka Egbuka is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
- Jaylen Waddle is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Emeka Egbuka: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 9:10 PM ET
- Jaylen Waddle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 9:10 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 9:15 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 9:15 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, scored | Egbuka | Waddle |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11.5 | 11.2 |
| Half PPR | 9.5 | 9 |
| Standard | 7.4 | 6.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Emeka Egbuka's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Jaylen Waddle is the start.
- Jaylen Waddle's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Emeka Egbuka is the start.
- A projection update of 0.3 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.
- Emeka Egbuka plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Jaylen Waddle'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%.