Two players, one answer.

Justin Herbert vs Malik Willis

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Justin Herbert · Malik Willis

Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Justin Herbert and Malik Willis are projected level. 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.

QB · LAC

Justin Herbert

13.6 projected

@ LAR · Sun 4:05 PM ET

11.7 a game this season · last 3: 11.6, 11.2, 9.8

QB · MIA

Malik Willis

13.6 projected

vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ET

15.1 a game this season · last 3: 2.5, 20.9, 26

What the call rests on

  • Justin Herbert: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 10:30 AM ET
  • Malik Willis: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 10:30 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 10:33 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 10:33 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.

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 0 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.

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%.