Two players, one answer.
Malik Washington vs Pat Freiermuth
Any format · 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
About even (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Malik Washington by 45% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Pat Freiermuth 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.
TE · PIT
Pat Freiermuth
9.3 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.6 a game this season · last 3: 21.5, 3.1, 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
- Pat Freiermuth: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 4:10 PM ET
- Malik Washington: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 4:10 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 4:25 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Freiermuth | Washington |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.3 | 9.2 |
| Half PPR | 7.6 | 7.4 |
| Standard | 5.8 | 5.6 |
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.
- Pat Freiermuth 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%.