Two players, one answer.
Kimani Vidal vs Malachi Fields
This week
Start Kimani Vidal · 7.5 to 5.3 projected (Week 9, PPR)
Rest of season
Malachi Fields by 12% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Malachi Fields by 29% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 9 · PPR · 60% held up in 2025
Lean Kimani Vidal
On Sleeper's projections, Kimani Vidal is projected 2.2 points ahead of Malachi Fields. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 60% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
RB · LAC
Kimani Vidal
7.5 projected
vs HOU · Sun 4:05 PM ET
6.5 a game this season · last 3: 12.6, 7, 5
WR · NYG
Malachi Fields
5.3 projected
@ PHI · Sun 1:00 PM ET
6.7 a game this season · last 3: 4, 3.9, 12.3
What the call rests on
- Kimani Vidal: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 7:40 PM ET
- Malachi Fields: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 7:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Nov 3, 7:41 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Tue, Nov 3, 7:41 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 | Vidal | Fields |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.5 | 5.3 |
| Half PPR | 6.7 | 4.5 |
| Standard | 5.8 | 3.7 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.2 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.
- Malachi Fields plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Kimani Vidal'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%.