Two players, one answer.
Brenton Strange vs Dallas Goedert
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 8.3 to 8.2 projected (Week 8, Half PPR)
Rest of season
Dallas Goedert by 33% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Brenton Strange by 19% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Dallas Goedert is projected 0.1 points ahead of Brenton Strange. 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.
TE · PHI
Dallas Goedert
8.3 projected
@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET
9.2 a game this season · last 3: 6.8, 9.1, 7.3
TE · JAX
Brenton Strange
8.2 projected
vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET
7.8 a game this season · last 3: 13, 10.3, 6.9
What the call rests on
- Dallas Goedert: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 2:20 PM ET
- Brenton Strange: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 2:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 2:28 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 2:28 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 | Goedert | Strange |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Half PPR | 8.3 | 8.2 |
| Standard | 6.6 | 6.3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.1 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.
- In ppr scoring the call goes the other way: Brenton Strange 10.1, Dallas Goedert 10.1.
- Brenton Strange plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Dallas Goedert'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%.