Two players, one answer.
Jaylen Waddle vs Ladd McConkey
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 11.2 to 10.9 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Jaylen Waddle by 13% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Ladd McConkey by 14% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Jaylen Waddle is projected 0.3 points ahead of Ladd McConkey. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 51% 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 · 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
WR · LAC
Ladd McConkey
10.9 projected
@ LAR · Sun 4:05 PM ETQuestionable
7.8 a game this season · last 3: 10.6, 0, 2.7
- Jaylen Waddle is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
- Ladd McConkey is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Jaylen Waddle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 9:10 AM ET
- Ladd McConkey: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 9:10 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 9:18 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 9:18 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 | Waddle | McConkey |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11.2 | 10.9 |
| Half PPR | 9 | 9.2 |
| Standard | 6.8 | 7.4 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Jaylen Waddle's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Ladd McConkey is the start.
- Ladd McConkey's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Jaylen Waddle is the start.
- A projection update of 0.3 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: Ladd McConkey 9.2, Jaylen Waddle 9.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Ladd McConkey 7.4, Jaylen Waddle 6.8.
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%.