Two players, one answer.
Emeka Egbuka vs Rico Dowdle
This week
Start Emeka Egbuka · 11.5 to 8.8 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Emeka Egbuka by 14% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Emeka Egbuka by 58% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 62% held up in 2025
Lean Emeka Egbuka
On Sleeper's projections, Emeka Egbuka is projected 2.7 points ahead of Rico Dowdle. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 62% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
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
RB · PIT
Rico Dowdle
8.8 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
8.3 a game this season · last 3: 6.4, 7.9, 14.6
- Emeka Egbuka 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, 3:50 AM ET
- Rico Dowdle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 3:50 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 4:00 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 4:00 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, scored | Egbuka | Dowdle |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11.5 | 8.8 |
| Half PPR | 9.4 | 7.9 |
| Standard | 7.4 | 7 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Emeka Egbuka's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Rico Dowdle is the start.
- A projection update of 2.7 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.
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%.