Two players, one answer.
Jaleel McLaughlin vs Sione Vaki
Any league · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Jaleel McLaughlin by 3% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Sione Vaki by 14% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 66% held up in 2025
Lean Sione Vaki
On Sleeper's projections, Sione Vaki is projected 3.5 points ahead of Jaleel McLaughlin. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 66% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
RB · DET
Sione Vaki
3.8 projected
vs MIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
2.5 a game this season · last 3: 2.7, 1.1, 0.5
RB · CLE
Jaleel McLaughlin
0.3 projected
@ PIT · Sun 1:00 PM ET
3.7 a game this season · last 3: 0, 9.5, 0
What the call rests on
- Sione Vaki: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 1:20 PM ET
- Jaleel McLaughlin: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 1:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 1:28 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 1:28 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 | Vaki | McLaughlin |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 3.8 | 0.3 |
| Half PPR | 3.3 | 0.2 |
| Standard | 2.9 | 0.2 |
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%.