Two players, one answer.

Harold Fannin Jr. vs Sam LaPorta

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Half PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

This week
Toss-up · 8.7 to 8.7 projected (Week 8, Half PPR)
Rest of season
Sam LaPorta by 29% (Redraft half PPR)
Dynasty
Harold Fannin Jr. by 4% (Dynasty Superflex)

Week 8 · Half PPR · 50% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Sam LaPorta and Harold Fannin Jr. are projected level. 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

8.7 projected

vs MIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET

10.9 a game this season · last 3: 18.4, 17.3, 2.3

TE · CLE

Harold Fannin Jr.

8.7 projected

@ PIT · Sun 1:00 PM ET

7.7 a game this season · last 3: 0.9, 1.4, 10.1

Their games have already kicked off, so most platforms have locked them in or out for this week.

What the call rests on

Sam LaPorta: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 12:30 PM ET
Harold Fannin Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 12:30 PM ET
Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 12:33 PM ET.
Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 12:33 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	Jr.
PPR	10.7	10.6
Half PPR	8.7	8.7
Standard	6.6	6.8

What could change it before kickoff

A projection update of 0 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.

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%.