Two players, one answer.

Jared Goff vs Michael Penix Jr.

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Jared Goff · Michael Penix Jr.

Week 8 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Jared Goff is projected 1.1 points ahead of Michael Penix Jr.. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 55% 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.

QB · DET

Jared Goff

15.6 projected

vs MIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET

22.2 a game this season · last 3: 20.5, 28.9, 18

QB · ATL

Michael Penix Jr.

14.5 projected

@ TB · Sun 1:00 PM ET

17.1 a game this season · last 3: 14.4, 23.1, 20.4

What the call rests on

  • Jared Goff: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 5:20 PM ET
  • Michael Penix Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 5:20 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 5:28 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 5:28 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.

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 1.1 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 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%.