Two players, one answer.
Kaleb Johnson vs Sione Vaki
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Kaleb Johnson by 7% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Kaleb Johnson by 29% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 67% held up in 2025
Lean Sione Vaki
On Sleeper's projections, Sione Vaki is projected 3.8 points ahead of Kaleb Johnson. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 67% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
RB · DET
Sione Vaki
3.8 projected
vs MIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
2.5 a game this season · last 3: 2.7, 1.1, 0.5
RB · GB
Kaleb Johnson
0.0 projected
vs CAR · Thu 8:15 PM ET
1.7 a game this season · last 3: 2.2, 2.6, -0.2
What the call rests on
- Sione Vaki: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 12:30 AM ET
- Kaleb Johnson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 12:30 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 12:39 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 12:39 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, scored | Vaki | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 3.8 | 0 |
| Half PPR | 3.3 | 0 |
| Standard | 2.9 | 0 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Kaleb Johnson plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Sione Vaki'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%.