Two players, one answer.

Hunter Henry vs Sam LaPorta

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Hunter Henry · Sam LaPorta

Week 8 · PPR · 51% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Sam LaPorta is projected 0.2 points ahead of Hunter Henry. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 51% 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

10.7 projected

vs MIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET

13.2 a game this season · last 3: 22.4, 19.8, 2.8

TE · NE

Hunter Henry

10.5 projected

@ MIA · Sun 4:25 PM ET

9.7 a game this season · last 3: 13.4, 14.8, 14.1

What the call rests on

  • Sam LaPorta: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 1:00 AM ET
  • Hunter Henry: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 1:00 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 1:07 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 1:07 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, scoredLaPortaHenry
PPR10.710.5
Half PPR8.68.5
Standard6.66.5

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 0.2 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 Hunter Henry'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%.