Two players, one answer.

Jacoby Brissett vs Lamar Jackson

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 57% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Lamar Jackson is projected 1.6 points ahead of Jacoby Brissett. 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.

QB · BAL

Lamar Jackson

20.4 projected

@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable

20 a game this season · last 3: 15.8, 20.4, 18.9

QB · ARI

Jacoby Brissett

18.8 projected

@ DAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET

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

What the call rests on

  • Lamar Jackson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 6:50 AM ET
  • Jacoby Brissett: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 6:50 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 7:07 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 7:07 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.

What could change it before kickoff

  • Lamar Jackson's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Jacoby Brissett is the start.
  • A projection update of 1.6 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.

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%.