Two players, one answer.
Kenny Gainwell vs Rashid Shaheed
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Start Kenny Gainwell · 7.2 to 4.5 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Kenny Gainwell by 15% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Rashid Shaheed by 10% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 62% held up in 2025
Lean Kenny Gainwell
On Sleeper's projections, Kenny Gainwell is projected 2.7 points ahead of Rashid Shaheed. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 62% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
RB · TB
Kenny Gainwell
7.2 projected
vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
5.6 a game this season · last 3: 5.8, 3.4, 8.8
WR · SEA
Rashid Shaheed
4.5 projected
vs CHI · Mon 8:15 PM ETQuestionable
6 a game this season · last 3: 4.3, 11.8, 2.1
- Kenny Gainwell is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
- Rashid Shaheed is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Kenny Gainwell: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 2:20 PM ET
- Rashid Shaheed: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 2:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 2:30 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 2:30 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 | Gainwell | Shaheed |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.2 | 4.5 |
| Half PPR | 6.3 | 3.9 |
| Standard | 5.4 | 3.2 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Kenny Gainwell's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Rashid Shaheed is the start.
- Rashid Shaheed's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Kenny Gainwell is the start.
- A projection update of 2.7 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.
- Kenny Gainwell plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Rashid Shaheed'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%.