Two players, one answer.
Jaylen Waddle vs Zach Charbonnet
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Start Jaylen Waddle · 11.2 to 9.1 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Jaylen Waddle by 26% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Jaylen Waddle by 20% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 59% held up in 2025
Lean Jaylen Waddle
On Sleeper's projections, Jaylen Waddle is projected 2.1 points ahead of Zach Charbonnet. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 59% 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
RB · SEA
Zach Charbonnet
9.1 projected
vs CHI · Mon 8:15 PM ETQuestionable
No games this season
- Jaylen Waddle is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
- Zach Charbonnet 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, 6:50 AM ET
- Zach Charbonnet: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 6:50 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 7:07 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 7:07 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 | Charbonnet |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11.2 | 9.1 |
| Half PPR | 9 | 8.4 |
| Standard | 6.8 | 7.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Jaylen Waddle's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Zach Charbonnet is the start.
- Zach Charbonnet's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Jaylen Waddle is the start.
- A projection update of 2.1 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 standard scoring the call goes the other way: Zach Charbonnet 7.8, Jaylen Waddle 6.8.
- Jaylen Waddle plays first (Sun 4:25 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Zach Charbonnet'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%.