Two players, one answer.
T.J. Hockenson vs Travis Kelce
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Toss-up · 11.6 to 11.1 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Travis Kelce by 45% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
T.J. Hockenson by 90% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 52% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Travis Kelce is projected 0.5 points ahead of T.J. Hockenson. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 52% 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
11.6 projected
@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET
11.7 a game this season · last 3: 3.5, 9.3, 8.4
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
What the call rests on
- Travis Kelce: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 12:50 PM ET
- T.J. Hockenson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 12:50 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 1:05 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 | Kelce | Hockenson |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11.6 | 11.1 |
| Half PPR | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| Standard | 7.3 | 6.3 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.5 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.
- T.J. Hockenson plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Travis Kelce's late news is known.
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%.