Two players, one answer.
Kenny Gainwell vs Makai Lemon
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 7.8 to 6.8 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Makai Lemon by 42% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Makai Lemon by 61% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Makai Lemon is projected 1 point ahead of Kenny Gainwell. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 55% of the time. 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 · PHI
Makai Lemon
7.8 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
7.1 a game this season · last 3: 9.3, 4.9, 19.7
RB · TB
Kenny Gainwell
6.8 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
- Makai Lemon: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 12:50 PM ET
- Kenny Gainwell: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 12:50 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 1:09 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Lemon | Gainwell |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.8 | 6.8 |
| Half PPR | 6.1 | 6 |
| Standard | 4.4 | 5.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Kenny Gainwell's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Makai Lemon is the start.
- A projection update of 1 point 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.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Kenny Gainwell 5.1, Makai Lemon 4.4.
- Kenny Gainwell 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%.