Two players, one answer.
Jake Ferguson vs Khalil Shakir
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 9.8 to 9.3 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Khalil Shakir by 14% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Khalil Shakir by 39% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Jake Ferguson is projected 0.5 points ahead of Khalil Shakir. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 52% 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.
TE · DAL
Jake Ferguson
9.8 projected
vs ARI · Sun 1:00 PM ET
6.4 a game this season · last 3: 4.9, 3.3, 0
WR · BUF
Khalil Shakir
9.3 projected
vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.2 a game this season · last 3: 13.2, 11, 13.4
What the call rests on
- Jake Ferguson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 12:00 PM ET
- Khalil Shakir: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 12:00 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 12:15 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 12:15 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, scored | Ferguson | Shakir |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.8 | 9.3 |
| Half PPR | 8.1 | 7.4 |
| Standard | 6.3 | 5.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.5 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.
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%.