Two players, one answer.
Sam LaPorta vs T.J. Hockenson
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Toss-up · 8.7 to 8.6 projected (Week 8, Half PPR)
Rest of season
Sam LaPorta by 50% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Sam LaPorta by 57% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Half PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Sam LaPorta is projected 0.1 points ahead of T.J. Hockenson. 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
8.7 projected
vs MIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
10.9 a game this season · last 3: 18.4, 17.3, 2.3
TE · MIN
T.J. Hockenson
8.6 projected
@ DET · Sun 1:00 PM ET
8.2 a game this season · last 3: 18.4, 1.2, 11.5
What the call rests on
- Sam LaPorta: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 7:10 PM ET
- T.J. Hockenson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 7:10 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 7:19 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 7:19 PM 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, scored | LaPorta | Hockenson |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 10.7 | 10.9 |
| Half PPR | 8.7 | 8.6 |
| Standard | 6.6 | 6.2 |
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 ppr scoring the call goes the other way: T.J. Hockenson 10.9, Sam LaPorta 10.7.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half 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%.