Two players, one answer.
Colston Loveland vs Sam LaPorta
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Standard
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 6.6 to 5.5 projected (Week 8, Standard)
Rest of season
Sam LaPorta by 28% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Standard · 57% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Sam LaPorta is projected 1.1 points ahead of Colston Loveland. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 57% 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 · DET
Sam LaPorta
3.5 final · 6.6 projected
vs MIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
7.8 a game this season · last 3: 14.8, 1.8, 3.5
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
- Sam LaPorta's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Sam LaPorta: Sleeper's projection, last changed Mon, Nov 2, 3:40 PM ET
- Colston Loveland: Sleeper's projection, last changed Mon, Nov 2, 3:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Mon, Nov 2, 3:41 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Mon, Nov 2, 3:41 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 | LaPorta | Loveland |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 10.7 | 9.7 |
| Half PPR | 8.7 | 7.6 |
| Standard | 6.6 | 5.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.1 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.
- Sam LaPorta 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 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%.