Two players, one answer.
Jaylen Waddle vs Pat Freiermuth
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Start Jaylen Waddle · 11.2 to 9.4 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Jaylen Waddle by 23% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Jaylen Waddle by 48% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 58% held up in 2025
Lean Jaylen Waddle
On Sleeper's projections, Jaylen Waddle is projected 1.8 points ahead of Pat Freiermuth. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 58% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
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
TE · PIT
Pat Freiermuth
9.4 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.6 a game this season · last 3: 21.5, 3.1, 4
- Jaylen Waddle 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, 10:10 AM ET
- Pat Freiermuth: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 10:10 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 10:20 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 10:20 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 | Freiermuth |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11.2 | 9.4 |
| Half PPR | 9 | 7.6 |
| Standard | 6.8 | 5.9 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Jaylen Waddle's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Pat Freiermuth is the start.
- A projection update of 1.8 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.
- Pat Freiermuth plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Jaylen Waddle'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%.