Two players, one answer.
Ja'Kobi Lane vs Troy Franklin
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 5.9 to 4.4 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Ja'Kobi Lane by 56% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Ja'Kobi Lane by 36% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 57% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Ja'Kobi Lane is projected 1.5 points ahead of Troy Franklin. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 57% 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 · BAL
Ja'Kobi Lane
5.9 projected
@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET
5.2 a game this season · last 3: 2.1, 8, 5.5
WR · DEN
Troy Franklin
4.4 projected
vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ET
2 a game this season · last 3: 3.6, 1.2, 0
What the call rests on
- Ja'Kobi Lane: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 5:20 AM ET
- Troy Franklin: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 5:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 5:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 5:27 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 | Lane | Franklin |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 5.9 | 4.4 |
| Half PPR | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| Standard | 3.8 | 2.7 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.5 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.
- Ja'Kobi Lane plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Troy Franklin'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%.