Two players, one answer.
Rachaad White vs Saquon Barkley
This week
Toss-up · 11 to 10.8 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Saquon Barkley by 47% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Saquon Barkley by 20% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Saquon Barkley is projected 0.2 points ahead of Rachaad White. 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.
RB · PHI
Saquon Barkley
11.0 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ETQuestionable
7.6 a game this season · last 3: 9, 2, 15.1
RB · WAS
Rachaad White
10.8 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
9.8 a game this season · last 3: 11.1, 3, 15.7
- Saquon Barkley is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Saquon Barkley: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 7:30 PM ET
- Rachaad White: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 7:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 7:36 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 7:36 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 | Barkley | White |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11 | 10.8 |
| Half PPR | 10.3 | 9.7 |
| Standard | 9.7 | 8.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Saquon Barkley's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Rachaad White is the start.
- 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.
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%.