Two players, one answer.
Marcus Mariota vs Ricky White III
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Marcus Mariota by 52% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Marcus Mariota by 47% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Marcus Mariota and Ricky White III are projected level. 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.
QB · WAS
Marcus Mariota
0.0 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
11.5 a game this season · last 3: 8.7, 20.4, 5.3
WR · SEA
Ricky White III
0.0 projected
vs CHI · Mon 8:15 PM ET
No games this season
What the call rests on
- Marcus Mariota: Sleeper's projection
- Ricky White III: Sleeper's projection
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 7:08 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 7:08 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.
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0 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.
- Marcus Mariota plays first (Sun 8:20 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Ricky White III'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%.