Two players, one answer.
Jaylen Waddle vs Stefon Diggs
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 11.7 to 11.4 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Stefon Diggs by 51% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Jaylen Waddle by 17% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Stefon Diggs is projected 0.3 points ahead of Jaylen Waddle. 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 · WAS
Stefon Diggs
11.7 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
13.9 a game this season · last 3: 7.3, 8.5, 16.4
WR · DEN
Jaylen Waddle
11.4 projected
vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ETQuestionable
9.1 a game this season · last 3: 4.8, 6.4, 8.8
- 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
- Stefon Diggs: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 8:50 PM ET
- Jaylen Waddle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 8:50 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 9:00 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Tue, Oct 27, 9:00 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.
| Same projections, scored | Diggs | Waddle |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11.7 | 11.4 |
| Half PPR | 9.8 | 9.1 |
| Standard | 7.9 | 6.9 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Jaylen Waddle's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Stefon Diggs 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.
- Jaylen Waddle plays first (Sun 4:25 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Stefon Diggs'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%.