Two players, one answer.
Braelon Allen vs Sam LaPorta
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 10.7 to 10 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Sam LaPorta by 54% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 53% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Sam LaPorta is projected 0.7 points ahead of Braelon Allen. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 53% 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 · DET
Sam LaPorta
10.7 projected
vs MIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
13.2 a game this season · last 3: 22.4, 19.8, 2.8
RB · NYJ
Braelon Allen
10.0 projected
vs LV · Sun 1:00 PM ET
10.9 a game this season · last 3: 18.6, 12.4, 19.4
- Braelon Allen has scored 16.8 a game over his last three, above his 10.9 season average.
What the call rests on
- Sam LaPorta: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 6:20 AM ET
- Braelon Allen: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 6:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 6:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 6:27 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 | LaPorta | Allen |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 10.7 | 10 |
| Half PPR | 8.6 | 9.1 |
| Standard | 6.6 | 8.2 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.7 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.
- In half-PPR scoring the call goes the other way: Braelon Allen 9.1, Sam LaPorta 8.6.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Braelon Allen 8.2, Sam LaPorta 6.6.
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%.