Two players, one answer.
Jalen Royals vs Michael Bandy
Any league · this week start/sit · Half 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
About even (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Jalen Royals by 23% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 58% held up in 2025
Lean Jalen Royals
On Sleeper's projections, Jalen Royals is projected 1.7 points ahead of Michael Bandy. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 58% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
WR · KC
Jalen Royals
1.7 projected
@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET
2.1 a game this season · last 3: 0, 3.4, 0
WR · DEN
Michael Bandy
0.0 projected
vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ET
No games this season
- Their games have already kicked off, so most platforms have locked them in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Jalen Royals: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 7:30 PM ET
- Michael Bandy: Sleeper's projection
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 7:36 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 7:36 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 | Royals | Bandy |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 2.1 | 0 |
| Half PPR | 1.7 | 0 |
| Standard | 1.3 | 0 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.7 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.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half 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%.