Two players, one answer.

Isaiah Davis vs Jalen Royals

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Isaiah Davis · Jalen Royals

Week 8 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Jalen Royals is projected 1.1 points ahead of Isaiah Davis. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 55% 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 · KC

Jalen Royals

1.9 projected

@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET

2.5 a game this season · last 3: 0, 4.4, 0

RB · NYJ

Isaiah Davis

0.8 projected

vs LV · Sun 1:00 PM ET

2.9 a game this season · last 3: 2.7, 3.6, 8.4

What the call rests on

  • Jalen Royals: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 8:20 AM ET
  • Isaiah Davis: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 8:20 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 8:32 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 8:32 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, scoredRoyalsDavis
PPR1.90.8
Half PPR1.50.8
Standard1.10.7

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 1.1 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.
  • Isaiah Davis plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Jalen Royals'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%.