Two players, one answer.

Jayden Daniels vs Sam Darnold

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Standard

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Jayden Daniels · Sam Darnold

Week 8 · Standard · 59% held up in 2025

Lean Jayden Daniels

On Sleeper's projections, Jayden Daniels is projected 2.2 points ahead of Sam Darnold. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 59% of the time. A lean, not a lock.

QB · WAS

Jayden Daniels

18.5 projected

vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET

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

QB · SEA

Sam Darnold

16.3 projected

vs CHI · Mon 8:15 PM ET

13.8 a game this season · last 3: 10.3, 13, 15

What the call rests on

  • Jayden Daniels: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 5:30 PM ET
  • Sam Darnold: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 5:30 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 5:35 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 5:35 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 2.2 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.
  • Jayden Daniels plays first (Sun 8:20 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Sam Darnold's late news is known.

Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)

This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard 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%.