Two players, one answer.

Parker Washington vs Sam LaPorta

Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 71% held up in 2025

Start Parker Washington

On Sleeper's projections, Parker Washington is projected 4.7 points ahead of Sam LaPorta. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 71% of the time.

WR · JAX

Parker Washington

15.7 projected

vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET

15.3 a game this season · last 3: 2, 30.4, 10.4

TE · DET

Sam LaPorta

11.0 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

  • Parker Washington: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 2:50 PM ET
  • Sam LaPorta: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 2:50 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 3:14 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, scoredWashingtonLaPorta
PPR15.711
Half PPR13.48.9
Standard11.26.8

What could change it before kickoff

Nothing pending on either: both are expected to play, and the gap is wide enough that a typical projection update doesn't close it.

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%.