Two players, one answer.
Colston Loveland vs T.J. Hockenson
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 10.8 to 9.7 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Colston Loveland by 14% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Colston Loveland by 55% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, T.J. Hockenson is projected 1.1 points ahead of Colston Loveland. 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 · MIN
T.J. Hockenson
10.8 projected
@ DET · Sun 1:00 PM ET
10.5 a game this season · last 3: 24.9, 1.7, 13.5
TE · CHI
Colston Loveland
9.7 projected
@ SEA · Mon 8:15 PM ETQuestionable
8.9 a game this season · last 3: 3.9, 18.5, 19.9
- Colston Loveland is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
- Colston Loveland has scored 14.1 a game over his last three, above his 8.9 season average.
What the call rests on
- T.J. Hockenson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 10:20 AM ET
- Colston Loveland: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 10:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 10:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 10:27 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 | Hockenson | Loveland |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 10.8 | 9.7 |
| Half PPR | 8.5 | 7.6 |
| Standard | 6.1 | 5.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Colston Loveland's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, T.J. Hockenson is the start.
- 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.
- T.J. Hockenson 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%.