Two players, one answer.

Joshua Palmer vs Luke McCaffrey

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Joshua Palmer · Luke McCaffrey

Week 8 · PPR · 61% held up in 2025

Lean Joshua Palmer

On Sleeper's projections, Joshua Palmer is projected 2.6 points ahead of Luke McCaffrey. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 61% of the time. A lean, not a lock.

WR · BUF

Joshua Palmer

3.0 projected

vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET

6.9 a game this season · last 3: 11.3, 1.3, 4.7

WR · WAS

Luke McCaffrey

0.4 projected

vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET

0 a game this season · last 3: 0, 0, 0

What the call rests on

  • Joshua Palmer: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 6:20 AM ET
  • Luke McCaffrey: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 6:20 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 6:27 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 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, scoredPalmerMcCaffrey
PPR30.4
Half PPR2.40.3
Standard1.80.3

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 2.6 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.
  • Joshua Palmer plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Luke McCaffrey'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%.