Two players, one answer.
Makai Lemon vs Malik Washington
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 9.5 to 9.3 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Makai Lemon by 4% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Makai Lemon by 23% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Makai Lemon is projected 0.2 points ahead of Malik Washington. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 51% 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
9.5 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
7.1 a game this season · last 3: 9.3, 4.9, 19.7
WR · MIA
Malik Washington
9.3 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
- Makai Lemon: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 9:20 PM ET
- Malik Washington: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 9:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 9:29 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 9:29 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 | Lemon | Washington |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.5 | 9.3 |
| Half PPR | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Standard | 5.2 | 5.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.2 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.
- In half-PPR scoring the call goes the other way: Malik Washington 7.4, Makai Lemon 7.4.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Malik Washington 5.6, Makai Lemon 5.2.
- Malik Washington plays first (Sun 4:25 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%.