Two players, one answer.
Josh Downs vs Kimani Vidal
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Start Josh Downs · 9.8 to 7 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Josh Downs by 33% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Josh Downs by 33% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 63% held up in 2025
Lean Josh Downs
On Sleeper's projections, Josh Downs is projected 2.8 points ahead of Kimani Vidal. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 63% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
WR · IND
Josh Downs
9.8 projected
@ JAX · Sun 1:00 PM ET
8.2 a game this season · last 3: 7.7, 8.7, 3.8
RB · LAC
Kimani Vidal
7.0 projected
@ LAR · Sun 4:05 PM ET
6.8 a game this season · last 3: 11.6, 12.6, 7
What the call rests on
- Josh Downs: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 PM ET
- Kimani Vidal: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 4:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 4:28 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 4:28 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 | Downs | Vidal |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.8 | 7 |
| Half PPR | 7.9 | 6.3 |
| Standard | 5.9 | 5.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.8 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 Downs plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Kimani Vidal'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%.