Two players, one answer.
Sam LaPorta vs Travis Kelce
This week
Toss-up · 8.5 to 8.3 projected (Week 9, Standard)
Rest of season
Sam LaPorta by 14% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
Sam LaPorta by 97% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 9 · Standard · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Travis Kelce is projected 0.2 points ahead of Sam LaPorta. 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 · KC
Travis Kelce
8.5 projected
vs NYJ · Sun 1:00 PM ET
7.6 a game this season · last 3: 5.3, 4.4, 6.7
TE · DET
Sam LaPorta
8.3 projected
@ MIA · Sun 1:00 PM ET
7.8 a game this season · last 3: 14.8, 1.8, 3.5
What the call rests on
- Travis Kelce: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 5:40 PM ET
- Sam LaPorta: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 5:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Nov 3, 5:41 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Tue, Nov 3, 5:41 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 | Kelce | LaPorta |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 13 | 13.4 |
| Half PPR | 10.8 | 10.9 |
| Standard | 8.5 | 8.3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.2 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: Sam LaPorta 13.4, Travis Kelce 13.
- In half-PPR scoring the call goes the other way: Sam LaPorta 10.9, Travis Kelce 10.8.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard 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%.