Two players, one answer.
Brenton Strange vs Sam LaPorta
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 11.1 to 10.5 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Sam LaPorta by 54% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Sam LaPorta by 43% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 53% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Sam LaPorta is projected 0.6 points ahead of Brenton Strange. 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
11.1 projected
vs MIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
13.2 a game this season · last 3: 22.4, 19.8, 2.8
TE · JAX
Brenton Strange
10.5 projected
vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET
10 a game this season · last 3: 16.5, 13.8, 9.4
What the call rests on
- Sam LaPorta: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 5:40 PM ET
- Brenton Strange: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 5:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 5:50 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
| Same projections, scored | LaPorta | Strange |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11.1 | 10.5 |
| Half PPR | 9 | 8.5 |
| Standard | 6.9 | 6.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.6 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%.