Two players, one answer.
Colston Loveland vs Rico Dowdle
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 9.8 to 8.8 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Colston Loveland by 16% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Colston Loveland by 47% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Colston Loveland is projected 1 point ahead of Rico Dowdle. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 55% 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
RB · PIT
Rico Dowdle
8.8 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
8.3 a game this season · last 3: 6.4, 7.9, 14.6
- 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 Wed, Oct 28, 2:30 PM ET
- Rico Dowdle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 2:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 2:41 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 2:41 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 | Loveland | Dowdle |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.8 | 8.8 |
| Half PPR | 7.7 | 7.9 |
| Standard | 5.6 | 7 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1 point 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 half-PPR scoring the call goes the other way: Rico Dowdle 7.9, Colston Loveland 7.7.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Rico Dowdle 7, Colston Loveland 5.6.
- Rico Dowdle 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%.