Two players, one answer.
Jalen Brooks vs Lew Nichols
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
Lew Nichols by 29% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Jalen Brooks by 24% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR
Start Lew Nichols
Jalen Brooks isn't expected to play.
RB · PIT
Lew Nichols
0.2 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
0.1 a game this season · last 3: 0.6, 0, 0
WR · ARI
Jalen Brooks
0.0 projected
@ DAL · Sun 1:00 PM ETIR
2.2 a game this season · last 3: 3.6, 5, 4.5
- Jalen Brooks is on IR.
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%.