Two players, one answer.
Ja'Marr Chase vs James Cook III
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Start Ja'Marr Chase · 19.8 to 17.3 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Ja'Marr Chase by 19% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Ja'Marr Chase by 42% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 61% held up in 2025
Lean Ja'Marr Chase
On Sleeper's projections, Ja'Marr Chase is projected 2.5 points ahead of James Cook III. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 61% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
WR · CIN
Ja'Marr Chase
19.8 projected
vs TEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
16.2 a game this season · last 3: 5.7, 19.7, 17.2
RB · BUF
James Cook III
17.3 projected
vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
18.9 a game this season · last 3: 16.3, 22.8, 24.3
What the call rests on
- Ja'Marr Chase: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- James Cook III: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 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 | Chase | III |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 19.8 | 17.3 |
| Half PPR | 16.8 | 16.4 |
| Standard | 13.8 | 15.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.5 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.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: James Cook III 15.5, Ja'Marr Chase 13.8.
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%.