Two players, one answer.
George Pickens vs Jaylen Warren
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 14.9 to 14.5 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
About even (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
George Pickens by 37% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Jaylen Warren 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.
RB · PIT
Jaylen Warren
14.9 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
17.1 a game this season · last 3: 36.8, 9.8, 16.7
WR · DAL
George Pickens
14.5 projected
vs ARI · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
13.9 a game this season · last 3: 28, 13.3, 15.7
- George Pickens is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
- George Pickens has scored 19 a game over his last three, above his 13.9 season average.
What the call rests on
- Jaylen Warren: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 2:20 PM ET
- George Pickens: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 2:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 2:30 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 2:30 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 | Warren | Pickens |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 14.9 | 14.5 |
| Half PPR | 13.5 | 12.2 |
| Standard | 12 | 9.9 |
What could change it before kickoff
- George Pickens's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Jaylen Warren is the start.
- 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%.