Two players, one answer.
Shane Buechele vs T.J. Hockenson
Any format · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
T.J. Hockenson by 90% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
T.J. Hockenson by 14% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 88% held up in 2025
Start T.J. Hockenson
On Sleeper's projections, T.J. Hockenson is projected 11.2 points ahead of Shane Buechele. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 88% of the time.
TE · MIN
T.J. Hockenson
11.2 projected
@ DET · Sun 1:00 PM ET
10.5 a game this season · last 3: 24.9, 1.7, 13.5
QB · BUF
Shane Buechele
0.0 projected
vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
No games this season
What the call rests on
- T.J. Hockenson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 4:30 PM ET
- Shane Buechele: Sleeper's projection
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 4:48 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 | Buechele |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11.2 | 0 |
| Half PPR | 8.7 | 0 |
| Standard | 6.3 | 0 |
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%.