Two players, one answer.
Jaleel McLaughlin vs Theo Wease Jr.
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
Theo Wease Jr. by 14% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Theo Wease Jr. by 32% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Jaleel McLaughlin and Theo Wease Jr. are projected level. 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.
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
WR · LAC
Theo Wease Jr.
0.3 projected
@ LAR · Sun 4:05 PM ET
3.4 a game this season · last 2: 2.6, 4.1
What the call rests on
- Jaleel McLaughlin: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 10:20 AM ET
- Theo Wease Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 10:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 10:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 10:27 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 | McLaughlin | Jr. |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Half PPR | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Standard | 0.2 | 0.2 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0 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.
- Jaleel McLaughlin plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Theo Wease Jr.'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%.