Two players, one answer.

Chuba Hubbard vs Sam LaPorta

Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 75% held up in 2025

Start Chuba Hubbard

On Sleeper's projections, Chuba Hubbard is projected 5.7 points ahead of Sam LaPorta. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 75% of the time.

RB · CAR

Chuba Hubbard

16.8 projected

@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET

18 a game this season · last 3: 25.9, 19.1, 10

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

What the call rests on

  • Chuba Hubbard: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 5:40 PM ET
  • Sam LaPorta: 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, scoredHubbardLaPorta
PPR16.811.1
Half PPR15.29
Standard13.66.9

What could change it before kickoff

  • Chuba Hubbard 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%.