Two players, one answer.
Colston Loveland vs Harold Fannin Jr.
Any league · Week 9 start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 9.4 to 8.9 projected (Week 9, Half PPR)
Rest of season
Harold Fannin Jr. by 20% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Harold Fannin Jr. by 17% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 9 · Half PPR · 53% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Harold Fannin Jr. is projected 0.5 points ahead of Colston Loveland. 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 · CLE
Harold Fannin Jr.
9.4 projected
@ NO · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.1 a game this season · last 3: 1.4, 10.1, 18.4
TE · CHI
Colston Loveland
8.9 projected
vs TB · Sun 8:20 PM ET
7.2 a game this season · last 3: 15.5, 16.4, 8
- Colston Loveland has scored 13.3 a game over his last three, above his 7.2 season average.
What the call rests on
- Harold Fannin Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Nov 4, 5:30 AM ET
- Colston Loveland: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Nov 4, 5:30 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Nov 4, 5:45 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Nov 4, 5:45 AM 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 | Jr. | Loveland |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11.6 | 11.1 |
| Half PPR | 9.4 | 8.9 |
| Standard | 7.2 | 6.7 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.5 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.
- Harold Fannin Jr. plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Colston Loveland'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%.