Two players, one answer.
Colston Loveland vs Pat Freiermuth
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 9.8 to 9.3 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Colston Loveland by 43% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Colston Loveland by 60% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Colston Loveland is projected 0.5 points ahead of Pat Freiermuth. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 52% 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 · CHI
Colston Loveland
9.8 projected
@ SEA · Mon 8:15 PM ET
8.9 a game this season · last 3: 3.9, 18.5, 19.9
TE · PIT
Pat Freiermuth
9.3 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.6 a game this season · last 3: 21.5, 3.1, 4
- Colston Loveland has scored 14.1 a game over his last three, above his 8.9 season average.
What the call rests on
- Colston Loveland: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 2:10 PM ET
- Pat Freiermuth: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 2:10 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 2:24 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 | Loveland | Freiermuth |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.8 | 9.3 |
| Half PPR | 7.6 | 7.6 |
| Standard | 5.5 | 5.8 |
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.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Pat Freiermuth 5.8, Colston Loveland 5.5.
- Pat Freiermuth 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 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%.