Two players, one answer.
Jalen Royals vs Mitchell Evans
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
Mitchell Evans by 36% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Jalen Royals by 22% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Jalen Royals is projected 0.3 points ahead of Mitchell Evans. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 52% of the time. 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.
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
TE · CAR
Mitchell Evans
3.2 final · 1.4 projected
@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET
2.5 a game this season · last 3: 0.1, 4.9, 3.2
- 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, 5:30 PM ET
- Mitchell Evans: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 5:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 5:35 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 5:35 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 | Evans |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| Half PPR | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| Standard | 1.3 | 1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.3 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.
- Mitchell Evans plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Jalen Royals's late news is known.
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%.