Two players, one answer.

Jacoby Brissett vs Josh Downs

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Jacoby Brissett · Josh Downs

Week 8 · PPR · 81% held up in 2025

Start Jacoby Brissett

On Sleeper's projections, Jacoby Brissett is projected 8.4 points ahead of Josh Downs. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 81% of the time.

QB · ARI

Jacoby Brissett

18.5 projected

@ DAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET

16.2 a game this season · last 3: 26.3, 7.9, 16.5

WR · IND

Josh Downs

10.1 projected

@ JAX · Sun 1:00 PM ET

8.2 a game this season · last 3: 7.7, 8.7, 3.8

What the call rests on

  • Jacoby Brissett: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 7:10 PM ET
  • Josh Downs: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 7:10 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 7:19 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 7:19 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, scoredBrissettDowns
PPR18.510.1
Half PPR18.58.1
Standard18.56.1

What could change it before kickoff

Nothing pending on either: both are expected to play, and the gap is wide enough that a typical projection update doesn't close it.

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%.