Two players, one answer.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba vs Josh Allen
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 25.1 to 24.5 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Jaxon Smith-Njigba by 30% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Jaxon Smith-Njigba by 13% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 53% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Jaxon Smith-Njigba is projected 0.6 points ahead of Josh Allen. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 53% 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 · SEA
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
25.1 projected
vs CHI · Mon 8:15 PM ET
28 a game this season · last 3: 22.8, 25.4, 31.3
QB · BUF
Josh Allen
24.5 projected
vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
27.5 a game this season · last 3: 19.5, 31.5, 18.3
What the call rests on
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 8:20 AM ET
- Josh Allen: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 8:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 8:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 8:27 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, scored | Smith-Njigba | Allen |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 25.1 | 24.5 |
| Half PPR | 21.5 | 24.5 |
| Standard | 17.9 | 24.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.6 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: Josh Allen 24.5, Jaxon Smith-Njigba 21.5.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Josh Allen 24.5, Jaxon Smith-Njigba 17.9.
- Josh Allen plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Jaxon Smith-Njigba'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%.