Two players, one answer.
Khalil Shakir vs Makai Lemon
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 9.6 to 9.2 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
About even (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Makai Lemon by 28% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Makai Lemon is projected 0.4 points ahead of Khalil Shakir. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 52% 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
9.6 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
7.1 a game this season · last 3: 9.3, 4.9, 19.7
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
What the call rests on
- Makai Lemon: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 7:20 AM ET
- Khalil Shakir: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 7:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 7:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 7:27 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 | Lemon | Shakir |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.6 | 9.2 |
| Half PPR | 7.5 | 7.3 |
| Standard | 5.3 | 5.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.4 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.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Khalil Shakir 5.5, Makai Lemon 5.3.
- Khalil Shakir 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%.