Two players, one answer.

J.K. Dobbins vs Jakobi Meyers

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

J.K. Dobbins · Jakobi Meyers

Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Jakobi Meyers is projected 0.4 points ahead of J.K. Dobbins. 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 · JAX

Jakobi Meyers

9.1 projected

vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable

10.1 a game this season · last 3: 6.3, 5.7, 13.3

RB · DEN

J.K. Dobbins

8.7 projected

vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ET

8.3 a game this season · last 3: 15.4, 13.6, 8.3

What the call rests on

  • Jakobi Meyers: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 10:20 AM ET
  • J.K. Dobbins: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 10:20 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 10:27 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 10:27 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, scoredMeyersDobbins
PPR9.18.7
Half PPR7.57.7
Standard66.8

What could change it before kickoff

  • Jakobi Meyers's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, J.K. Dobbins 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.
  • In half-PPR scoring the call goes the other way: J.K. Dobbins 7.7, Jakobi Meyers 7.5.
  • In standard scoring the call goes the other way: J.K. Dobbins 6.8, Jakobi Meyers 6.
  • Jakobi Meyers plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before J.K. Dobbins'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%.