Two players, one answer.
Ja'Kobi Lane vs Ted Hurst III
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 5.8 to 5.2 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Ja'Kobi Lane by 7% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 53% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Ja'Kobi Lane is projected 0.6 points ahead of Ted Hurst III. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 53% 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.
WR · BAL
Ja'Kobi Lane
5.8 projected
@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET
5.2 a game this season · last 3: 2.1, 8, 5.5
WR · TB
Ted Hurst III
5.2 projected
vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
5.6 a game this season · last 3: 4.5, 7, 0
What the call rests on
- Ja'Kobi Lane: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 5:40 PM ET
- Ted Hurst III: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 5:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 5:50 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Lane | III |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| Half PPR | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| Standard | 3.8 | 3.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.6 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 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%.