Two players, one answer.
Colston Loveland vs Pat Freiermuth
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Standard
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 5.8 to 5.5 projected (Week 8, Standard)
Rest of season
Colston Loveland by 31% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
Colston Loveland by 62% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Standard · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Pat Freiermuth is projected 0.3 points ahead of Colston Loveland. 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 · PIT
Pat Freiermuth
9.6 final · 5.8 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
6.8 a game this season · last 3: 1.1, 2, 9.6
TE · CHI
Colston Loveland
5.5 projected
@ SEA · Mon 8:15 PM ET
5.2 a game this season · last 3: 1.9, 12.5, 12.9
- Pat Freiermuth's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Pat Freiermuth: Sleeper's projection, last changed Mon, Nov 2, 12:30 PM ET
- Colston Loveland: Sleeper's projection, last changed Mon, Nov 2, 12:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Mon, Nov 2, 12:41 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Mon, Nov 2, 12:41 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 | Freiermuth | Loveland |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.2 | 9.7 |
| Half PPR | 7.5 | 7.6 |
| Standard | 5.8 | 5.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.3 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 ppr scoring the call goes the other way: Colston Loveland 9.7, Pat Freiermuth 9.2.
- In half-PPR scoring the call goes the other way: Colston Loveland 7.6, Pat Freiermuth 7.5.
- 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.
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This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard 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%.