Two players, one answer.

Keenan Allen vs Makai Lemon

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Keenan Allen · Makai Lemon

Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Keenan Allen and Makai Lemon 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.

WR · IND

Keenan Allen

9.6 projected

@ JAX · Sun 1:00 PM ET

10.1 a game this season · last 3: 9.5, 16.2, 6.1

WR · PHI

Makai Lemon

9.6 projected

@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET

7.1 a game this season · last 3: 9.3, 4.9, 19.7

What the call rests on

  • Keenan Allen: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 3:30 PM ET
  • Makai Lemon: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 3:30 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 3:33 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 3:33 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, scoredAllenLemon
PPR9.69.6
Half PPR7.57.5
Standard5.45.3

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.
  • Keenan Allen plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Makai Lemon'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%.