Two players, one answer.
Justin Fields 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
Justin Fields by 8% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Standard · 94% held up in 2025
Start Sam Darnold
On Sleeper's projections, Sam Darnold is projected 16.3 points ahead of Justin Fields. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 94% 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
QB · KC
Justin Fields
— final · points pending · 0.0 projected
@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET
No games this season
- Justin Fields'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, 12:30 PM ET
- Justin Fields: Sleeper's projection
- Sleeper's projections read Mon, Nov 2, 12:41 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Mon, Nov 2, 12:41 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.
What could change it before kickoff
- Justin Fields plays first (Sun 4:25 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%.