Two players, one answer.
Kenny Gainwell vs Khalil Shakir
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Start Khalil Shakir · 9.2 to 7.3 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Khalil Shakir by 42% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Khalil Shakir by 46% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 59% held up in 2025
Lean Khalil Shakir
On Sleeper's projections, Khalil Shakir is projected 1.9 points ahead of Kenny Gainwell. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 59% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
WR · BUF
Khalil Shakir
9.2 projected
vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.2 a game this season · last 3: 13.2, 11, 13.4
RB · TB
Kenny Gainwell
7.3 projected
vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
5.6 a game this season · last 3: 5.8, 3.4, 8.8
- Kenny Gainwell is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Khalil Shakir: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 1:20 PM ET
- Kenny Gainwell: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 1:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 1:28 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 1:28 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, scored | Shakir | Gainwell |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.2 | 7.3 |
| Half PPR | 7.3 | 6.3 |
| Standard | 5.5 | 5.4 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Kenny Gainwell's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Khalil Shakir is the start.
- A projection update of 1.9 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%.