Two players, one answer.
Emmett Johnson vs Kenny Gainwell
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Start Kenny Gainwell · 7.2 to 4.3 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Kenny Gainwell by 16% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Emmett Johnson by 30% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 63% held up in 2025
Lean Kenny Gainwell
On Sleeper's projections, Kenny Gainwell is projected 2.9 points ahead of Emmett Johnson. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 63% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
RB · TB
Kenny Gainwell
7.2 projected
vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
5.6 a game this season · last 3: 5.8, 3.4, 8.8
RB · KC
Emmett Johnson
4.3 projected
@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET
4.4 a game this season · last 3: 2, 4.4, 3.7
- Kenny Gainwell is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Kenny Gainwell: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- Emmett Johnson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 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 | Gainwell | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.2 | 4.3 |
| Half PPR | 6.3 | 3.7 |
| Standard | 5.4 | 3.2 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Kenny Gainwell's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Emmett Johnson is the start.
- A projection update of 2.9 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.
- Kenny Gainwell plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Emmett Johnson'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%.