Two players, one answer.
Josh Whyle vs KaVontae Turpin
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Josh Whyle by 16% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
KaVontae Turpin by 5% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 57% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, KaVontae Turpin is projected 1.5 points ahead of Josh Whyle. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 57% 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.
WR · DAL
KaVontae Turpin
2.6 projected
vs ARI · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
2.2 a game this season · last 3: 0, 2.2, 0
TE · GB
Josh Whyle
1.1 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.
- KaVontae Turpin is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- KaVontae Turpin: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 10:10 PM ET
- Josh Whyle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 10:10 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 10:27 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 10:27 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 | Turpin | Whyle |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 2.6 | 1.1 |
| Half PPR | 2.3 | 0.9 |
| Standard | 2 | 0.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- KaVontae Turpin's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Josh Whyle is the start.
- A projection update of 1.5 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.
- Josh Whyle plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before KaVontae Turpin'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%.