Two players, one answer.
George Pickens vs Jalen Coker
This week
Toss-up · 13.9 to 13.5 projected (Week 9, PPR)
Rest of season
George Pickens by 37% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
George Pickens by 29% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 9 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Jalen Coker is projected 0.4 points ahead of George Pickens. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 52% 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 · CAR
Jalen Coker
13.9 projected
vs DEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
13.2 a game this season · last 3: 15.7, 1.9, 9.6
WR · DAL
George Pickens
13.5 projected
@ IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET
13 a game this season · last 3: 13.3, 15.7, 6.8
What the call rests on
- Jalen Coker: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Nov 4, 11:40 AM ET
- George Pickens: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Nov 4, 11:40 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Nov 4, 11:48 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Nov 4, 11:48 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 | Coker | Pickens |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 13.9 | 13.5 |
| Half PPR | 11.4 | 11.2 |
| Standard | 9 | 9 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.4 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%.