Two players, one answer.
Jahmyr Gibbs vs Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Start Jaxon Smith-Njigba · 25.1 to 23.3 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Jahmyr Gibbs by 17% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Jaxon Smith-Njigba by 5% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 58% held up in 2025
Lean Jaxon Smith-Njigba
On Sleeper's projections, Jaxon Smith-Njigba is projected 1.8 points ahead of Jahmyr Gibbs. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 58% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
WR · SEA
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
25.1 projected
vs CHI · Mon 8:15 PM ET
28 a game this season · last 3: 22.8, 25.4, 31.3
RB · DET
Jahmyr Gibbs
23.3 projected
vs MIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
28.5 a game this season · last 3: 17.7, 37.7, 17.3
What the call rests on
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
- Jahmyr Gibbs: 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 | Smith-Njigba | Gibbs |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 25.1 | 23.3 |
| Half PPR | 21.5 | 21.1 |
| Standard | 17.9 | 18.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.8 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: Jahmyr Gibbs 18.8, Jaxon Smith-Njigba 17.9.
- Jahmyr Gibbs plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Jaxon Smith-Njigba'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%.