Two players, one answer.
Rashee Rice vs Saquon Barkley
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 13 to 12.6 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Rashee Rice by 18% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Rashee Rice by 51% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Saquon Barkley is projected 0.4 points ahead of Rashee Rice. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 52% 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
13.0 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
7.6 a game this season · last 3: 9, 2, 15.1
WR · KC
Rashee Rice
12.6 projected
@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET
12.7 a game this season · last 3: 9.9, 12.3, 15.8
What the call rests on
- Saquon Barkley: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 8:20 AM ET
- Rashee Rice: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 8:20 AM ET
- 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, scored | Barkley | Rice |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 13 | 12.6 |
| Half PPR | 12.2 | 10.4 |
| Standard | 11.3 | 8.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.4 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.
- Rashee Rice plays first (Sun 4:25 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Saquon Barkley'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%.