Two players, one answer.
Brenton Strange vs Colston Loveland
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 8.1 to 7.6 projected (Week 8, Half PPR)
Rest of season
Colston Loveland by 21% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Colston Loveland by 40% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 53% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Brenton Strange is projected 0.5 points ahead of Colston Loveland. 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 · JAX
Brenton Strange
— final · points pending · 8.1 projected
vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET
7.8 a game this season · last 3: 13, 10.3, 6.9
TE · CHI
Colston Loveland
7.6 projected
@ SEA · Mon 8:15 PM ET
7.1 a game this season · last 3: 2.9, 15.5, 16.4
- Brenton Strange's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Brenton Strange: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 4:30 PM ET
- Colston Loveland: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 4:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 4:35 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 4:35 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 | Strange | Loveland |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 10 | 9.7 |
| Half PPR | 8.1 | 7.6 |
| Standard | 6.2 | 5.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.5 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.
- Brenton Strange plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Colston Loveland's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half 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%.