Two players, one answer.
Oronde Gadsden vs Rashod Bateman
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 5.5 to 4.4 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Oronde Gadsden by 63% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Oronde Gadsden by 36% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Rashod Bateman is projected 1.1 points ahead of Oronde Gadsden. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 55% 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 · BAL
Rashod Bateman
5.5 projected
@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET
7.2 a game this season · last 3: 11.2, 0, 5.3
TE · LAC
Oronde Gadsden
4.4 projected
@ LAR · Sun 4:05 PM ET
4.8 a game this season · last 3: 8.8, 0, 4.7
What the call rests on
- Rashod Bateman: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 4:30 PM ET
- Oronde Gadsden: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 4:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 4:48 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 | Bateman | Gadsden |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 5.5 | 4.4 |
| Half PPR | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| Standard | 3.6 | 2.7 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.1 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.
- Rashod Bateman plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Oronde Gadsden'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%.