Two players, one answer.
Brenton Strange vs T.J. Hockenson
This week
Toss-up · 11.2 to 10.5 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
T.J. Hockenson by 6% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Brenton Strange by 25% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 53% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, T.J. Hockenson is projected 0.7 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 · MIN
T.J. Hockenson
11.2 projected
@ DET · Sun 1:00 PM ET
10.5 a game this season · last 3: 24.9, 1.7, 13.5
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
- T.J. Hockenson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 8:40 PM ET
- Brenton Strange: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 8:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 8:42 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 8:42 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 | Hockenson | Strange |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11.2 | 10.5 |
| Half PPR | 8.7 | 8.5 |
| Standard | 6.3 | 6.5 |
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 standard scoring the call goes the other way: Brenton Strange 6.5, T.J. Hockenson 6.3.
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%.