Two players, one answer.
Jonathan Taylor vs Matthew Golden
This week
Start Jonathan Taylor · 16.2 to 13.7 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Jonathan Taylor by 41% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Matthew Golden by 16% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 61% held up in 2025
Lean Jonathan Taylor
On Sleeper's projections, Jonathan Taylor is projected 2.5 points ahead of Matthew Golden. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 61% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
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
WR · GB
Matthew Golden
— final · points pending · 13.7 projected
vs CAR · Thu 8:15 PM ET
15.8 a game this season · last 3: 20.3, 22.4, 9.9
- Matthew Golden'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, 6:20 AM ET
- Matthew Golden: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 6:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 6:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 6:27 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 | Taylor | Golden |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 16.2 | 13.7 |
| Half PPR | 15.2 | 11.5 |
| Standard | 14.2 | 9.3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.5 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.
- Matthew Golden 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%.