Two players, one answer.

Dallas Goedert vs Ja'Kobi Lane

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Dallas Goedert · Ja'Kobi Lane

Week 8 · PPR · 69% held up in 2025

Lean Dallas Goedert

On Sleeper's projections, Dallas Goedert is projected 4.3 points ahead of Ja'Kobi Lane. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 69% of the time. A lean, not a lock.

TE · PHI

Dallas Goedert

10.2 projected

@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET

11.4 a game this season · last 3: 9.8, 12.1, 9.8

WR · BAL

Ja'Kobi Lane

5.9 projected

@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET

5.2 a game this season · last 3: 2.1, 8, 5.5

What the call rests on

  • Dallas Goedert: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 10:20 AM ET
  • Ja'Kobi Lane: 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, scoredGoedertLane
PPR10.25.9
Half PPR8.44.9
Standard6.73.8

What could change it before kickoff

  • Ja'Kobi Lane plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Dallas Goedert'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%.