Two players, one answer.
Jalen Coker vs Justin Herbert
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Start Jalen Coker · 15.9 to 13.5 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Jalen Coker by 55% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Jalen Coker by 7% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 60% held up in 2025
Lean Jalen Coker
On Sleeper's projections, Jalen Coker is projected 2.4 points ahead of Justin Herbert. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 60% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
WR · CAR
Jalen Coker
11.6 final · 15.9 projected
@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET
13.6 a game this season · last 3: 15.7, 1.9, 11.6
QB · LAC
Justin Herbert
13.5 projected
@ LAR · Sun 4:05 PM ET
11.7 a game this season · last 3: 11.6, 11.2, 9.8
- Jalen Coker's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Jalen Coker: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 9:20 AM ET
- Justin Herbert: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 9:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 9:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 9:27 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 | Coker | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 15.9 | 13.5 |
| Half PPR | 13.1 | 13.5 |
| Standard | 10.2 | 13.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.4 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: Justin Herbert 13.5, Jalen Coker 13.1.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Justin Herbert 13.5, Jalen Coker 10.2.
- Jalen Coker plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Justin Herbert'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%.