Two players, one answer.

Bryce Young vs Sam LaPorta

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Bryce Young · Sam LaPorta

Week 8 · PPR · 79% held up in 2025

Start Bryce Young

On Sleeper's projections, Bryce Young is projected 7.2 points ahead of Sam LaPorta. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 79% of the time.

QB · CAR

Bryce Young

11.4 final · 17.9 projected

@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET

18.7 a game this season · last 3: 19.8, 7.4, 11.4

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

What the call rests on

  • Bryce Young: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 8:20 PM ET
  • Sam LaPorta: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 8:20 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 8:23 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 8:23 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, scoredYoungLaPorta
PPR17.910.7
Half PPR17.98.6
Standard17.96.6

What could change it before kickoff

  • Bryce Young plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Sam LaPorta's late news is known.

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%.