Two players, one answer.
Jared Goff vs Jonathan Taylor
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 16.7 to 16.2 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Jonathan Taylor by 59% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Jonathan Taylor is projected 0.5 points ahead of Jared Goff. 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.
RB · IND
Jonathan Taylor
16.7 projected
@ JAX · Sun 1:00 PM ET
19.6 a game this season · last 3: 11.2, 21.1, 19
QB · DET
Jared Goff
16.2 projected
vs MIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
22.2 a game this season · last 3: 20.5, 28.9, 18
What the call rests on
- Jonathan Taylor: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 4:10 PM ET
- Jared Goff: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 4:10 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 4:24 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Taylor | Goff |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 16.7 | 16.2 |
| Half PPR | 15.7 | 16.2 |
| Standard | 14.7 | 16.2 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.5 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: Jared Goff 16.2, Jonathan Taylor 15.7.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Jared Goff 16.2, Jonathan Taylor 14.7.
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%.