Two players, one answer.
Josh Whyle vs Kalif Raymond
Any league · this week start/sit · Half PPR
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
Kalif Raymond by 46% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Kalif Raymond by 27% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 73% held up in 2025
Start Kalif Raymond
On Sleeper's projections, Kalif Raymond is projected 4.7 points ahead of Josh Whyle. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 73% of the time.
WR · CHI
Kalif Raymond
5.6 projected
@ SEA · Mon 8:15 PM ET
6.2 a game this season · last 3: 1.9, 2.8, 0
TE · GB
Josh Whyle
— final · points pending · 0.9 projected
vs CAR · Thu 8:15 PM ET
No games this season
- Josh Whyle's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Kalif Raymond: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 4:30 PM ET
- Josh Whyle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 4:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 4:35 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 4:35 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 | Raymond | Whyle |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.1 | 1.1 |
| Half PPR | 5.6 | 0.9 |
| Standard | 4.2 | 0.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Josh Whyle plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Kalif Raymond's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half 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%.