Two players, one answer.
Jonathan Taylor vs Josh Jacobs
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 16.2 to 16 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Jonathan Taylor by 31% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Jonathan Taylor by 34% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Jonathan Taylor is projected 0.2 points ahead of Josh Jacobs. 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.
RB · IND
Jonathan Taylor
16.2 projected
@ JAX · Sun 1:00 PM ET
19.6 a game this season · last 3: 11.2, 21.1, 19
RB · GB
Josh Jacobs
23.2 final · 16.0 projected
vs CAR · Thu 8:15 PM ET
21.7 a game this season · last 2: 20.1, 23.2
- Josh Jacobs's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Jonathan Taylor: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 3:30 PM ET
- Josh Jacobs: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 3:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 3:33 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 3:33 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 | Taylor | Jacobs |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 16.2 | 16 |
| Half PPR | 15.1 | 14.8 |
| Standard | 14.1 | 13.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.2 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.
- Josh Jacobs plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Jonathan Taylor'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%.