Two players, one answer.

Dallas Goedert vs Ja'Kobi Lane

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Half PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Dallas Goedert · Ja'Kobi Lane

Week 8 · Half PPR · 68% held up in 2025

Lean Dallas Goedert

On Sleeper's projections, Dallas Goedert is projected 3.5 points ahead of Ja'Kobi Lane. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 68% of the time. A lean, not a lock.

TE · PHI

Dallas Goedert

8.4 projected

@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ET

9.2 a game this season · last 3: 6.8, 9.1, 7.3

WR · BAL

Ja'Kobi Lane

4.9 projected

@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET

3.9 a game this season · last 3: 1.6, 6, 4

What the call rests on

  • Dallas Goedert: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 4:30 PM ET
  • Ja'Kobi Lane: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 4:30 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 4:35 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 4:35 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, 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 Half 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%.