Two players, one answer.
Jakobi Meyers vs Rico Dowdle
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 9.1 to 8.8 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Rico Dowdle by 6% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Jakobi Meyers by 19% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Jakobi Meyers is projected 0.3 points ahead of Rico Dowdle. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 51% 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.
WR · JAX
Jakobi Meyers
9.1 projected
vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
10.1 a game this season · last 3: 6.3, 5.7, 13.3
RB · PIT
Rico Dowdle
8.8 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
8.3 a game this season · last 3: 6.4, 7.9, 14.6
- Jakobi Meyers is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Jakobi Meyers: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 7:20 AM ET
- Rico Dowdle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 7:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 7:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 7:27 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 | Meyers | Dowdle |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.1 | 8.8 |
| Half PPR | 7.5 | 8 |
| Standard | 6 | 7.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Jakobi Meyers's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Rico Dowdle is the start.
- A projection update of 0.3 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 half-PPR scoring the call goes the other way: Rico Dowdle 8, Jakobi Meyers 7.5.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Rico Dowdle 7.1, Jakobi Meyers 6.
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%.