Two players, one answer.

Jalen Coker vs Sam LaPorta

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

Jalen Coker · Sam LaPorta

Week 8 · PPR · 73% held up in 2025

Start Jalen Coker

On Sleeper's projections, Jalen Coker is projected 5.2 points ahead of Sam LaPorta. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 73% of the time.

WR · CAR

Jalen Coker

11.6 final · 15.9 projected

@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET

13.6 a game this season · last 3: 15.7, 1.9, 11.6

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

What the call rests on

  • Jalen Coker: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 3:20 AM ET
  • Sam LaPorta: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 3:20 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 3:24 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 3:24 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, scoredCokerLaPorta
PPR15.910.7
Half PPR13.18.6
Standard10.26.6

What could change it before kickoff

  • Jalen Coker plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Sam LaPorta'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%.