Two players, one answer.
Khalil Shakir vs Malik Washington
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 9.3 to 9.2 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Khalil Shakir by 4% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Malik Washington by 7% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Khalil Shakir is projected 0.1 points ahead of Malik Washington. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 50% 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 · BUF
Khalil Shakir
9.3 projected
vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.2 a game this season · last 3: 13.2, 11, 13.4
WR · MIA
Malik Washington
9.2 projected
vs NE · Sun 4:25 PM ET
9.5 a game this season · last 3: 12, 12.1, 6.5
What the call rests on
- Khalil Shakir: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 2:30 AM ET
- Malik Washington: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 2:30 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 2:40 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 2:40 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 | Shakir | Washington |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.3 | 9.2 |
| Half PPR | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Standard | 5.5 | 5.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.1 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: Malik Washington 5.5, Khalil Shakir 5.5.
- Khalil Shakir plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Malik Washington'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%.