Two players, one answer.
Josh Cuevas vs Sam Darnold
Any league · this week start/sit · Standard
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Josh Cuevas by 29% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
Sam Darnold by 60% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Standard · 96% held up in 2025
Start Sam Darnold
On Sleeper's projections, Sam Darnold is projected 15.2 points ahead of Josh Cuevas. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 96% of the time.
QB · SEA
Sam Darnold
16.3 projected
vs CHI · Mon 8:15 PM ET
13.8 a game this season · last 3: 10.3, 13, 15
TE · BAL
Josh Cuevas
— final · points pending · 1.1 projected
@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET
3.6 a game this season · last 3: 2.6, 10.4, 3.5
- Josh Cuevas's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Sam Darnold: Sleeper's projection, last changed Mon, Nov 2, 2:30 AM ET
- Josh Cuevas: Sleeper's projection, last changed Mon, Nov 2, 2:30 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Mon, Nov 2, 2:38 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Mon, Nov 2, 2:38 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 | Darnold | Cuevas |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 16.3 | 1.8 |
| Half PPR | 16.3 | 1.4 |
| Standard | 16.3 | 1.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Josh Cuevas plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Sam Darnold's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard 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%.