Two players, one answer.
Sam LaPorta vs T.J. Hockenson
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 11.1 to 11 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Sam LaPorta by 51% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Sam LaPorta by 57% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, T.J. Hockenson is projected 0.1 points ahead of Sam LaPorta. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 50% 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 · MIN
T.J. Hockenson
11.1 projected
@ DET · Sun 1:00 PM ET
10.5 a game this season · last 3: 24.9, 1.7, 13.5
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
- T.J. Hockenson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 2:40 PM ET
- Sam LaPorta: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 2:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 2:52 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 | Hockenson | LaPorta |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11.1 | 11 |
| Half PPR | 8.7 | 8.9 |
| Standard | 6.3 | 6.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.1 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.
- In half-PPR scoring the call goes the other way: Sam LaPorta 8.9, T.J. Hockenson 8.7.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Sam LaPorta 6.8, T.J. Hockenson 6.3.
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%.