Two players, one answer.

Jayden Daniels vs Jaylen Waddle

Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 76% held up in 2025

Start Jayden Daniels

On Sleeper's projections, Jayden Daniels is projected 6.8 points ahead of Jaylen Waddle. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 76% of the time.

QB · WAS

Jayden Daniels

18.0 projected

vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET

21.4 a game this season · last 3: 14.7, 32.3, 21

WR · DEN

Jaylen Waddle

11.2 projected

vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ETQuestionable

9.1 a game this season · last 3: 4.8, 6.4, 8.8

What the call rests on

  • Jayden Daniels: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 4:10 PM ET
  • Jaylen Waddle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 4:10 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 4:25 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, scoredDanielsWaddle
PPR1811.2
Half PPR189
Standard186.8

What could change it before kickoff

  • Jaylen Waddle's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Jayden Daniels is the start.
  • Jaylen Waddle plays first (Sun 4:25 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Jayden Daniels'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%.