Two players, one answer.

Malik Heath vs Sione Vaki

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Malik Heath · Sione Vaki

Week 8 · PPR · 67% held up in 2025

Lean Sione Vaki

On Sleeper's projections, Sione Vaki is projected 3.8 points ahead of Malik Heath. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 67% of the time. A lean, not a lock.

RB · DET

Sione Vaki

3.8 projected

vs MIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET

2.5 a game this season · last 3: 2.7, 1.1, 0.5

WR · ATL

Malik Heath

0.0 projected

@ TB · Sun 1:00 PM ET

No games this season

What the call rests on

  • Sione Vaki: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 8:20 AM ET
  • Malik Heath: Sleeper's projection
  • Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 8:27 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 8:27 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, scoredVakiHeath
PPR3.80
Half PPR3.30
Standard2.90

What could change it before kickoff

Nothing pending on either: both are expected to play, and the gap is wide enough that a typical projection update doesn't close it.

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%.