Two players, one answer.

James Cook III vs Kyren Williams

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

James Cook III · Kyren Williams

Week 8 · PPR · 61% held up in 2025

Lean Kyren Williams

On Sleeper's projections, Kyren Williams is projected 2.4 points ahead of James Cook III. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 61% of the time. A lean, not a lock.

RB · LAR

Kyren Williams

19.7 projected

vs LAC · Sun 4:05 PM ET

19.6 a game this season · last 3: 19.6, 9.7, 18.1

RB · BUF

James Cook III

17.3 projected

vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET

18.9 a game this season · last 3: 16.3, 22.8, 24.3

What the call rests on

  • Kyren Williams: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
  • James Cook III: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 4:27 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, scoredWilliamsIII
PPR19.717.3
Half PPR18.216.4
Standard16.815.5

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.
  • James Cook III plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Kyren Williams'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%.